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1 Peter 4:8
||March 05, 2009|107 reads
 

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Preston Pittman
March 06, 2009

You are so right. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes. Bears up in spite of all things evil, and is not overcome. This is the idea of "beareth." True Agape love feels the pain of others, and in so doing, helps carry that burden. Their prayer needs become our prayer needs.   Their distress becomes our distress. Their need for salvation, deliverance or healing becomes ours as well. To bear another's burdens doesn't require that we need to be strong, it simply requires that we be willing.


There will always be another pair of hands helping with that burden. And if you look closely, you will find that they have the imprints of nails in them from a time, when He carried a burden that wasn't His.

This word bearing, in the original language also meant to cover something. In this case, it means to cover the wrong doing of others. It means to be the "Fall Guy" whenever possible. "In the movie, "I Am David". I remember a beautiful example, while he was still in prison. But Calvary is the greatest example.


You know that if you are in Christ, YOU are being covered. 

You are also right about waiting on the Spirit to stir before moving out in the flesh. Without the leading of God, you will not have the support of God. He may rescue you at some point later, but you can cause more damage operating in the flesh. You are very insightful, Thank you. I love you, my Friend.