“At the end of the day it's about how much you can bear, how much you can endure. Being together, we harm nobody; being apart, we extinguish ourselves.”
― Tabitha Suzuma, Forbidden
According to Tabitha Suzuma one can't make it through life with out bearing one another's faults, frailties, weaknesses, crosses or burdens. We as Christians must answer the call to bear one another. Another word for this in the Bible is called forbearance. Each of us has been given a unique make-up. Each of us is a colorful design painted on the canvas called life. We each make up a special mark of artistry upon the pages of life. Each of us represents a new book or chapter spoken out of the mouth of God before the beginning of time. It is God's desire that we love and respect His word, His voice and His decision to speak each of us in our own uniqueness into existence. To not bear one another's existence is to not bear God's spoken word or decision to create your fellow brother, sister or human being.
The word of God says:
And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. Mark 15:21
Simon, a Cyrenian was chosen to bear the cross of Jesus. Jesus who had previously been scourged with a cat of nine tails, the Son of God needed someone to help Him bear His cross. Simeon means heard, to hear or obey, and also means stone or rock. This word Simon is also is what Jesus calls Simon Peter. The church is built on the stone or Rock of understanding that Jesus is the Son of God. Hear in this text it takes a stone a rock, a person of firm character or belief to carry the cross or burden of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
Simon had a spirit of humility and willingness to obey the soliders and carry the cross of Jesus. A man that wasn't Jewish which was meant as an insult. A filthy Gentile was only fit to carry the Son of God's burden in their eyes because they did not recognize Jesus for who He was. God divinely orchestrated this as a sign that salvation is not only for the Jew but for the Gentile In addition to that it was to signify the fact that it would be Gentiles who in this day and time would carry the burden of the cross to the lost and to the uttermost parts of the earth.
That word Cyrenian means supremacy of the bridle. This means that Simon represents a person not only a person of strength of faith, humility, endurance but self control. Supremecy of the Bridle suggests that He was a man who was able to control his temper, emotions, attitude, and thought life. Nobody really asked Him to bear the cross of Jesus, they made him. Instead of becoming angry and refusing, he obeyed. Perhaps it was compassion, love and humility that caused Simon to go ahead and carry the cross of our Lord.
Simon represents a man with incredible endurance. We as Christians have been asked by our savior to bear one another's weaknesses, burdens, troubles and cares. This means making sacrifices to help others at times when it inconveniences us. Rest assure if we are obedient God has for us a crown of life awaiting us in eternity.
Pastor Please Thomas once said,"If you don't love everybody, there is no need in loving anybody"
This statement is so true. If we as Christians fail to bear one persoin's faults or frailties there is no use in bearing any ones, because we won't make it to heaven with hate, unforgiveness and bitterness in our hearts.
So Be encouraged to bear the infirmities, weaknesses, faults, and frailties of others.
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:2-3
So today I encourage you to forbear, endure, and bear the crosses of one another. God promises that if we endure will shall be saved. It's not always easy to love those who cause us harm, but that is what we were called to do to love one another as Christ has shown us to love and love endures all things!
And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Mark 13:13
May your day be filled with the LOVE of CHRIST!
Be Blessed!
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