I am so thankful for my family. I love my wife, my kids, their mates and of course my grandchildren. And as a parent, we do everything we can to protect them and watch out for their ‘blindside’. I thought about this when I was working on Eph 2:19 while preparing for my Sunday School class. In vs 19 Paul says we are now members of the household of God. Which means we are members of Gods family and as believers we are brothers and sisters in Christ. We are ‘family’ and as a family we should watch out for each other and protect each other
The movie ‘Blindside’ is a true story of Michael Oher an adopted son of the Tuohy family. At one point in the movie Michael an offensive left tackle is at High School football practice and is not doing a good job of blocking and protecting the QB. His mother (played by Sandra Bullock) comes down from the stands in the middle of practice, walks up to him, takes him by the shirt and says “would you let anything happen to me? The answer is No. “Would you let anything happen to your little brother?” Again the answer is No. She then says, “this QB is me, your brother, this QB is family. You protect him, you protect his blindside, you don’t let anyone touch him. Do you understand Michael?” Michael responds with a “yes ma’am”. He then proceeds to block like he never did before and ends up playing for Ole Miss and now the Baltimore Ravens. What was it that made a difference in him? It was the word ‘family’ ---he needed to protect the blindside of family..
So it is with us. We are part of God’s family. In the church we are brothers and sisters in Christ and we are family. So instead of gossiping about someone, kicking them while they are down, talking about them, and mistreating them, we should have a desire to protect them. Protect their blindside. Isn’t that what it means when scripture says they (the world) will know we are Christians by our love for oneanother.
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Great post! Thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteLoved this post Pastor Steve!!! and I LOVED that movie....=)
ReplyDeleteSo true! I also feel that sometimes as Christians we "sweat the small" stuff, which can get in the way of our unity as a body of Christ. We have something called Love Chico where area churches of various denominations show the love of Christ through service. It's been such a powerful testimony in our community!~Heather O'Neal (not sure how to post without being anonymous lol)
ReplyDeleteA concept we all need to be reminded of again and again. We need to be encouragers and 'builder-uppers' instead of 'tearer-downers'.
ReplyDeleteI know first hand how it feels to be kicked when i was down. It made me affraid, sometimes even affraid of church and what others thought about me without really knowing who i was but instead knowing what they heard about me without bothering to consider a walk in my shoes. No matter who we are or how bad it seems to be out of the ordinary noone is to judge but to love and consider one anothers diffrences and to respect even if one may feel superior to another. I often ask God to forgive me & forgive those who forget that God loves us just as we are and through christ he strengthens us and therfor we are no longer blinsided but wise to the ways of people for christians should not be about making people uncomfortable but to make one another feel welcomed and comfortable to connect in spirit & in truth and reach out & touch someone. Change a heart, change a hurt, change a mind and change a life without God to a life with God in all ways.
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