HOOFING OUR INVENTORY

HOOFING OUR INVENTORY

Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Psalm 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

2Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Romans 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

1Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

  Did you ever hear about the government USDA directing their agents on how to take the most accurate cattle and hog census? They were instructed to count hooves and divide by 4. How did that work for the census takers? Picture low sight lines in manure strewn feed lots and hog pens with herds moving about.

  As Christians, followers of Christ, we are to maintain a running inventory, and for good reason as we can easily empty our shelves without replenishment. (Jer.2:13) We are not however to make inventorying complicated, for doing so is spiritual hindrance in itself.

  One of our weak or lacking areas is, wrapped up in self (Phil.3:8), not practicing edification; the building of one another up.

  So ….. I am inviting the edification practitioners to share:

·         Why you developed the practice of edification.

·         How you developed the practice of edifying others.

·         The way(s) you build others up.

·         Stories on how someone edified you.

·         How someone or a group edified you in a crucial stressful moment.

·         How someone is currently edifying you.

·         How you would like to edify others.

·         Something else you’d like to contribute on the need for edification.

  Let’s exercise this being a wonderful opportunity to edify one another.  EBB4