Hezekiah 6:14

Want some scriptural support? Ok. Turn in your Bibles to Hezekiah 6. Hezekiah 6, verse 14. I’ll give you a moment to get there because I really want you to see this. Hezekiah 6:14 . . . What’s the matter? Can’t you find it? What’s wrong? That’s right! There is no Hezekiah in the Bible. You know, it sounds right though, doesn’t it? Sounds like it ought to be in there, doesn’t it? In fact someone wrote the following poem titled, Hezekiah 6:14

“The reason mountain climbers

are tied together

is to keep the sane ones from going home.”

I don’t know who said it,

or when, or where,

but I’ve chuckled over it,

thought about it, and quoted it, too.

With a mountain of mercy behind me

and a mountain of mission ahead,

I need you, my sister, my brother,

I need to be tied to you,

and you need me, too.

We need each other …

to keep from bolting,

fleeing in panic, and returning

to the “sanity” of unbelief.

Wise words, whoever said them;

I’ve placed them in my “bible”;

they are my Hezekiah 6:14.

Listen, we don’t have a Hezekiah 6:14, but we do have 1 Corinthians 12:27 - Now you are the body of Christ (that is you are one and are united . . . i.e. tied together like mountain climbers) and members individually (that is, you are each to fulfill the diverse role and exercise the different gifts that God has given you). And listen to me, Peace Church, churches that grow and accomplish God’s vision for them are churches who have learned the balance between that unity and that diversity. You can blend your gifts together when you Understand the balance, but you can also blend your gifts together when you: