| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Deep Discipleship” Our Bible verse for today: “When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice.” Proverbs 29:2 (CSB) Our thought for today: “When you flourish everyone benefits” Would other people benefit if God blessed you? I’ll bet they would. One characteristic of serious disciples of Jesus is that they share the blessings. When God blesses them, they bless others. When righteous people succeed in life their success overflows and impacts everyone around them in a positive way. Righteous leaders lead their people well; righteous employers treat their employees well; righteous neighbors are good neighbors who help one another; righteous parents raise children who grow up in God-honoring homes; and churches filled with righteous people are a blessing to their community. Like Solomon tells us in Proverbs 29:2, “When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice” – and well they should because when the righteous flourish everyone benefits. We could probably consider a thousand examples of how that’s true in a physical sense regarding everything from housing the homeless, to feeding the hungry, to visiting the sick, to caring for the widow and orphan, and so much more. But the greater blessings that righteous people share are spiritual blessings. A flourishing godly person will be living in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. They will be experiencing the fruit of the Spirit in their own lives, and then that fruit will be rising-up and flowing out of them: “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). What a joy and what a blessing to be around someone who is just overflowing with the fruit of the Spirit! When you’re with a person like that you get enveloped by love and joy, peace and patience, kindness and goodness, faithfulness and gentleness, and their self-control has a calming influence on you. Their spiritual flourishing greatly enriches your life simply because you had the good fortune to be around that person for a while. There are many other spiritual virtues I could cite as examples of ways that a righteous person blesses others including purity of thought and speech, Biblical wisdom applied to complex and difficult issues, generosity, the plan of salvation, and so much more, but you get the idea. Your deep discipleship results in manifold blessings for you, and it blesses everyone around you as well. When you flourish, everyone benefits. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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