Receive and Share

March 16

One of the main causes of depression among moderns is the fact that although we rub shoulders with dozens of people every day, we have little opportunity for meaningful interaction with any of them. We maintain a professional decorum with the people at work, without having personal relationships with them.

We nod a friendly greeting to our neighbors without ever cultivating true friendship with them. We support our churche but invest little beyond our tithe into its successful functioning. Even within our families, we hold ourselves back from the strong bonds of interaction that are the foundation of true unity.

This detachment from meaningful fellowship is a serious matter that brings many people who appear happy and successful on the surface to the point of virtual despair deep within themselves. As with every dilemma that man faces, the Word of God has a strategy for overcoming it. If we will but appropriate it, we will have the ability to be a viable source of support to those who are weighted by the cares of the world.

In II Corinthians 1: 3, 4 we are told that our Heavenly Father is, “…the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received…” We can give nothing we have not first been given. We must receive and share His comfort with those who are depressed.