Day 16 – Building Blocks

Weariness does not occur overnight. It is a compilation of day-to-day hardships and stresses that grow from a little to overpowering.

Direction from the Word

Build Your Faith

Jude encourages us to build ourselves in our faith praying in the Holy Spirit. Many times we think we know God’s will and we do not pray seeking His will. Jude points out that our faith will be built as we pray to the Spirit seeking the will of the Father.

Love and Mercy

God’s love came to us with great mercy. We do not deserve His love but He gives it freely. As much as we are sinners, God loves us despite of this and offered His Son. Could you do that for someone you did not even know? More importantly, could you do that for someone you did not like? Mercy is love in action and, therefore, if we have mercy on the unlovable, we keep ourselves in the center of God’s love.

Compassion with a Difference

It is one thing to have compassion for someone, but when that compassion has feet attached to it, it becomes compassion that makes a difference. You can see someone who needs help and feel compassion. However, Jude says to have compassion which makes a difference – which means when you see someone in need of help, you are the one that helps.

Beautiful Remedy

As a result of working with these building blocks, the believer is concentrating on someone else. The weary believer now has his eyes on another and not on himself. What a wonderful balm to place on a weary heart!