Prep Work.

1 Chronicles 22:5
"David said, 'My son Solomon is still young and inexperienced. And since the Temple to be built for the Lord must be a magnificent structure, famous and glamorous throughout the world, I will begin making preparations for it now.' So David collected vast amounts of building materials before his death."

     Last week, Pastor taught about structures and boundaries. He spoke about positions as well. About how people play different roles. About how Aaron and Hur held up Moses' arms so that Joshua, and Israel, could win the battle in Exodus 17. My dailies included this verse and it brought the service back for me. About preparing the way for Jesus and for future generations of Christians. What a call. David couldn't build the Temple himself, but he could help prepare Solomon for the work and the call that God had on his life. What a blessing to be involved in the furthering of the case of God. David was able to support those around him. Like in Exodus, this Chronicles passage is about supporting fellow believers, something mentioned throughout the Bible.

Hebrews 3:13
"But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called 'Today.' so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin."

     Exhorting the body of believers. This version uses the word encourage, but it's the word exhort in other versions and I like that better. From the world's view, both words are about furthering the person or their works alone; That's living in the world, living separate from God. Can't grow without Him though, not in any good direction, at least. Biblically, it's about supporting people in their God walks. Supporting His truth. The words encourage and exhort are both about earnestly seeking more, it's about pushing for and building people up in Him. There are so many opportunities for this. I like fractals... for serious... did you really get this far without knowing that? Anyways, like the amazing 'It's a Wonderful Life' movie, we really don't know the roles we play in others lives. Because we don't know, we have to protect our interactions with those around us; With everyone. We have to be a light in the world. We have to share Jesus. People help me all of the time in my walk, they are God moments done in His timing and they're amazing. I want to help prepare people as well. For Him.