Daily Power #284

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up. (1 Thess. 5:11)

One of the most spiritual things you can do is encourage someone. We are told to encourage one another every day so that sin’s deceitfulness doesn’t harden our hearts. While it’s always meaningful to encourage someone after they’ve done a good job, scored a goal, or gotten a really cool new haircut, it’s even more important to encourage someone spiritually.

Imagine how God might use you to encourage someone to press on when they feel like giving up. Or how God might help someone’s marriage as you tell them how you’ve overcome the same problem in yours. Think about how much of a difference you could make to someone who is down by telling them who they are in Christ.

Sometimes you can literally be a voice of hope. You can be the difference between someone quitting or staying in the game. Between someone giving in or continuing the fight. From someone continuing to hate or choosing to forgive. Between someone losing it or finding real peace, contentment, and joy.

Be watchful. Be prayerful. Be ready. You may walk by someone at work who seems fine, but is in real pain. You may talk to someone by text that puts up a good front, but really needs someone to listen. You might encounter a total stranger, and one word of encouragement might make a big difference.

You have no idea what God might do in someone else’s life through one simple act of encouragement. Be available to him today.

Power Lift

Use me today, God, to bless those around me. Direct me to the one person who needs encouragement the most.