Wed.'s Devo - The Family of God

Wed.'s Devo - The Family of God

Read Pr. 27:10
God loves family and he loves community. Community is suppose to be an extended family. In the Old Testament they lived in tribes and they worked and were dependent on each other. That is not the way it is in America where everyone keeps to themselves and rarely sees their neighbor. It takes disasters to bind us to one another. The snow storm this year was a good example. We helped and met neighbors we didn't even know we had. It was so much fun. When disasters hit we are suppose to stay home and help those around us rather than getting in our cars and going to our family. I know that sounds cruel but God arranges those moments in time where we will reach out to our neighbors. Jesus wouldn't even consider his own mother over the crowd when she was trying to get in to see him. He asked who was his mother and who was his brother. Then he stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren!" He wasn't trying to disrespect his mother but to tell them that anyone can be as close to him as his mother or his family. Because, in truth, we are the family of God.