Bear One Another's Burden

Galatians 6:

1 Brothers, even if a man is overtaken in some offense, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, looking to yourself lest you also be tempted.

2 Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ completely.

Recovery Version Verse 2 Note 1: The higher and better law of life, which works through love (Rom. 8:2; John 13:34). Love is the issue and expression of the divine life (cf. 1 Cor. 13) and is an item of the fruit of the Spirit (5:22). The law of Christ, which is the law of love, must be substantiated by the law of the Spirit of life that we may be able to bear one another's burdens.

As the Lord has been dealing me with the matter of love for the saints, which is possible only by His divine love inwrought and overflowing through my being, now He is leading me to another step of bearing my brothers' burden as my own. Slowly yet steadily, and step by step, He is helping me climb the ladder higher and higher. Often times my thought towards certain brothers were not pure, but as I was about to say something in order to correct them or adjust them, the Lord reminded me immediately, that my motive was not pure. Then I stooped back and reconsiderd. Yes, indeed, my motives were not pure. If I had a genuine love and concern for them I would not have reacted that way. I prayed and asked the Lord to deal with me and purify my heart instead. And the step following was quite contrary to what I intended to do or say.

When I witnesses brothers becoming prey to the enemy, should I be a mute spectator? Never. These days my prayers have been for the restoration of backsliden saints by praying an interceeding prayer. Though the answer may not be forthright, the Lord will recover all of them, one by one; a confirmed confirmation. Yet, in the very act, I must myself be watchful lest I be tempted as well. A care for brothers is an act of bearing their burdens too with the goal of recovering them back to a proper and normal Christian life in the church life.

As one loves and cares for one another, one must also bear one another's burden out of love. The Lord is beginning to teach me to genuinely care for my brothers not merely in spiritual propaganda but in physical reality. May the Lord have mercy on me that I may indeed pay the price to bear my brothers' burden too. In taking care of their physical and financial need. In their health and family welfare. These are indeed, the higher and better law of life, which works through love (Rom. 8:2; John 13:34).