RETURNING
Today's reading: Numbers 29-32

"...Sir, we have accounted for all the men who went out to battle under our command; not one of us is missing!" Numbers 31:49 NLT

There is the slight possibility that I'm only speaking to the self-centeredness of myself, but I'll go ahead...

Are there times you get to the finish line, gain the enemy's banner or crawl into the sunshine after the rain and forget to look around? You're tickled you've made it through. You're ecstatic with what's been done. You're hyped with faith...but your friends? What about the friends who've gone into battle with you?

Do you take into account how your trial of faith affects your prayer warriors?

Are those who have held you up in prayer, believing when you couldn't, carrying you on a mat to the Master, are they accounted for? You've not left anyone behind, have you?

I tend to get focused so completely on myself, in the midst of my problems, that I don't notice the storms and trials of others. I bandage my own wounds, but overlook the slight limp of my sisters in Christ. I celebrate my victories--but do I take into account the fact that all are not won?

I'm going to start looking around more often. I'm going to take a broader glance, a more panoramic view of the Christian walk. I'm going to stand before God one of these days, and I want to tell Him all my friends are accounted for!