Bear with Me

Bear with this article as you read it. What kind of impression did you just get? Are you wishing you would already read what the point of the article is? What does a person mean when he says, “Bear with me for a moment…?”

The Bible says, “And I appeal to you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words (Hebrews 13:22).” The author of Hebrews invites his readers to bear with the letter! Sometimes the content is difficult to swallow; other times it seems to take forever to get to the point. However, we must always bear with the word of God, because it will benefit us!

No doubt this author wrote these inspired words out of love. If we truly love the word of God as we should, we will bear with it. One characteristic of love is that it “bears all things (1 Corinthians 13:7).” We must also exhort one another even more, which the author of Hebrews earlier stated (Hebrews 10:25).

As the author of Hebrews commands us to bear with God’s word, we must also bear with each other. Paul wrote, “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2).” God had to bear a lot with us; we must bear a lot with His word and each other. Let us encourage one another to study God’s word, follow it, and help each other get to Heaven.