Folded metal
There’s a movie called Highlander the Final Dimension and halfway through the movie the main character Connor MacLeod has his sword broken and you get to watch him fashion a new sword. They talk a bit about metal being heated in sheets and folded to form a new sword. With each piece of metal added the sword becomes stronger.
I noticed a phrase in Acts 18:23. “After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia strengthening all the disciples.” As Paul went places by his words, letters and actions he strengthened. As he worked or whatever he did he was like a sword being fashioned layer by layer. Cue my Shrek imitation “Ogres have layers.” I have a friend named David and he and I share scripture and ideas via text messages through the week because we don’t get to see each other often. But he pointed out to me one day we are adding to our friendship. With these weekly Bible study blogs I try to push you the reader closer to God and help build you up. Maybe add a layer to the sword in some small way. My hope is that you the reader go on to strengthen someone else. I don’t know what you’ve been told but the devil will try to tell you God can’t use you. Think about the apostle Paul for a second. He persecuted and killed Christians then he had an encounter with God was blinded had his sight restored and became the preacher to both Jews and Gentiles. If he never taught anywhere else if he never strengthened believers the Gospel would not have gone to the Gentiles that being us in any country outside of Israel we wouldn’t have the Bible we have today. Are you building up other believers you interact with as you go? Isaiah agreed to be used how about you?
“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17
“Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.”
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