"Everything is awesome. Everything is cool when you're part of a team." For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, the quote is from one of the best movies ever! I mean this movie is full of action, creativity, missing pants, Batman, and teamwork! It is from The Lego movie and no matter what age you are I recommend seeing this classic!
For those of you who have seen this movie, you might be sitting there thinking I am being sarcastic. Well let me tell you.. I am not. So there. But, for real, that song is super catchy and I am almost 83% sure no one truly knows any lyrics besides that part. But who cares that is all you need to truly know about it. Within these past couple of years I lost my community. It wasn't anything I did on purpose or intended to do. I mean, I got busy and traveled and lost my friends. And I don't blame them for giving up on our friendship. But you know what I learned? Living out of community is exhausting and extremely lonely.. Community is extremely awesome... and biblical. First off God is a God of community. The Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) has lived in perfect unity since.. forever! In Genesis 1, God created Adam and in verse 18 says, "It is not good for the man to be alone.." Jesus, in His ministry always traveled with His bros and they had an awesome community! Well you might be saying , "Andrew, that is good stuff, but I am divorced and no one gets it." Or "I am just too busy to go out of my way and spend time with other... people." Or "I am plugged into a community but it is more work than any reward." Well let me just state maybe some steps to take, and what that might take. 1. Pray. It seems extremely cliche.. Well yeah. That's because I know in my life I often have things that I feel I need to pray about and I don't wholeheartedly do it.. If you feel alone, or stuck, or just like you don't have a place I would like to encourage you to spend some time at the Lord's feet. Pour out to Him, but don't run off too quick. Sit and listen. 2. Seek. This goes right along with prayer. ACTUALLY LOOK. And when you get tired of looking, keep looking. Reach out. Talk to people. (I know such a crazy idea, right?) If you are plugged into a church look and see if they have a home group or some kind of community that fits what you're looking for. 3. Persevere. It will be hard. You are going to have to be out there and open. Yes, you might even have to go to a group where no one knows you and meet new people. But I cannot stress enough how awesome this could be! I would also like to challenge you to keep going back to a community if you have no real reasons to leave. It may not be the group that is off it may be a root issue in your heart and it might take a great group to help you through it. You know, I really hope I am not just speaking at you.. Because if anything I need this too. Community is a very crucial part of our walk where you can get new insight and even hear completely new ideas. If you are in a community but you're in a leadership roll I would really like to make sure that you're being poured into just as much from a different avenue. My prayer is that you find a good team. There is a team out there who needs your specific gifts and ideas. I pray for the strength in your life to be open and get out there. About a year ago I had this crazy thought and I think it ties in with this.. So we are created in God's image right? So that should make you extremely excited to get out there and meet new people. Because it is like every time you meet someone you are seeing and experiencing new characteristics of God. "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." Matthew 18:20
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9/3/2014 10:08:29 pm
I agree. Sometimes we take what community we do have for granted. We don't realize how essential it is until it's gone.
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