Promise for Today - Inciting

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works...
Hebrews 10:24 NKJV

I love using Bible apps to help dig deeper in God's Word. If we go to BibleGateway.com and search for a single Scripture, we have the option to see it in all English translations. We can see our Promise for Today Scripture at this link: (To see it in all English translations).

I wonder how often this verse has been misconstrued. Just reading it at face value seems very calm in today's vernacular, doesn't it? To consider one another, perhaps being thoughtful in how to stir it up a little to have us think about love and good works. No, that's not it at all.

"To consider" will translate to thoughtfully and attentively think of one another. To take into consideration their personalities. What motivates one person would not necessarily motivate another. So, if we're going to "consider one another", let's do it with continuous care, paying attention, thinking about each other, and helping. Some translations even read to provoke, rouse, or encourage one another to love and good works. Those are not passive.

And to stir up love and good works is also translated as sparking, or to stimulate and INCITE them to love and good works. Incite them?!? That's a whole 'nother side of stirring up. In many Bible translations, it reads "spur each other on". Think about what spurs are used for...

Prayer:

Father,
           In James 1:5, You instruct us to ask for wisdom, assuring us that You will generously give it to anyone who asks and You won't reproach us for asking. Give us a deeper understanding of Your Word so that we may apply it in Your wisdom to our lives and to those around us. Incite us to love and do good works, Father. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen