“God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Cor.1:9; KJV). The word called means invited or called. The word fellowship is the Greek word koinonia, which means intimate fellowship.

Prior to Christs death and resurrection only a few selected people were able to enjoy an intimate relationship with God. God said of Moses: “I speak with him face to face” (Num 12:8). Jesus poured himself into his disciples during his earthly ministry (John 13:1-7). When Jesus died on the cross the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom by God (Matt 27:51). By his sacrifice Christ won forgiveness for us (Col 1:14) and the way was opened for his people to enter into the very thrown room of God. “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb 4:16).  

Isn’t it great that God, the creator of the universe, has invited us to have this intimate fellowship with him through Jesus? “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me” (John 14:6).  Let`s not ignore the invitation, and remember, we don’t have to fellowship at a specific time, we can enter in at any and every time; whenever we want to.

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God showed his kindness to us through Jesus (Eph. 2:7) and we need to imitate his example. Kindness is one of the fruits of the Spirit (Gal 5:22). The meaning of the Greek word in both verses is really the practical expression of goodness, particularly in the face of difficult people.

In Ephesians 4:32 (KJV) the apostle Paul taught us that we should: “be ye kind one to another" and in Colossians 3:12 he was more emphatic writing that we should: "put on…. kindness”.  In the familiar love passage of the new Testament (1 Cor 13): we see that kindness is one of the attributes of God’s unconditional love (V4).

A different Greek word for kindness is used in Acts 28:2: "the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness". The word used here denotes more of a loving kindness toward people. So, when we talk about kindness, we think of doing good things to help others as in Gal. 6:10: "do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith".

Sometimes kindness comes naturally to us but at other times we have to be intentional about it; it’s so easy to become consumed with our own problems and busyness and not notice what others are going through. Look out for opportunities to be a blessing to people today and have fun doing it.

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As Jesus died on the cross the veil in the temple was torn by God from top to bottom (Matt 27:51), signifying that Christ’s sacrifice opened the way for us to enter into the very presence of God (Heb 10:19-21).

“In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him” (Eph 3:12; KJV). Isn’t it amazing that because of what Jesus did for us on the cross we can come boldly and have free access to God? We find this again in Hebrews 4:16 where we read: "let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace."  The use of the present tense there means we can draw near at any and every time.

Why can we be so bold? It is because we are the: "righteousness of God in him" (2 Cor 5:21) which means we have right standing with God because Jesus paid the price for our sin, praise God.

So, make the most of this privilege today because in the rest of Heb 4:16 we are promised that when we do boldly draw near, then we find mercy and grace and help for every need. That sounds like a good deal to me.

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In Exodus 16:4 (KJV) God told Moses that he would: "rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day" Obviously, this was referring to the manna for physical food that God provided for the children of Israel. However, this also reminds us that we need the daily spiritual sustenance that God can provides for us. This verse reminds me of the line in the Lord's prayer (Matt 6:11) that says: "give us this day our daily bread”; this most certainly refers to our physical and spiritual needs.

Notice that the children of Israel had to go and collect manna each new day. Likewise, we need to devote the first part of our new day to spending time with God and getting the manna for our day. Spending time with God first thing will build us up and prepare us for the day.

Taking one day at a time makes life seem less onerous; no wonder God said in Matthew 6:34: "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: ........Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof". If we just focus on one day at a time, we will be less likely to worry about what may be looming on the horizon.

Remind yourself each new day that God’s: “compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulnes” (Lam 3:22-23) and he: “daily loadeth us with benefits” (Ps 68:19), and you will be off to a good start.

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"I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people" (2 Cor 6:16b; KJV). Something similar is found in Exodus 25:8, where God told Moses to make a holy place so that he could dwell among them. That word dwell, means to stay, abide, remain.

Similar scriptures are found in other places in the Old Testament. In Psalm 22:3 it says: "But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel”. In the Old Testament God dwelt in the tabernacle and the prophets met with him there but in the New Testament we learn that: "the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us" (John 1:14). In John 15:4-7 Jesus told his disciples that he would abide with them. The word abide, in the New Testament, has the same meaning as "dwell" in the Old Testament. In John 14:23 we are told that God the Father and Jesus will make their home with us and in Eph. 3:17 we read that Jesus: “may dwell in our hearts by faith”. What a privilege, we can communicate with the God of the universe any time any day, wherever we are and whatever we are doing because he is right inside of us. 

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