6/29/13- Missional Communities

There was a man all alone;
    he had neither son nor brother.
There was no end to his toil,
    yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.
“For whom am I toiling,” he asked,
    “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?”
This too is meaningless—
    a miserable business!Two are better than one,
    because they have a good return for their labor: (Eccles 4)

14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.  (2 Corinthians 5:14)

Thoughts: Church is a team event.  It is fueled by the need for cooperation and love.  While many people want to be alone in their Christianity- love compels us.  Love compels us to be together.  Love compels us to reach beyond ourselves.
    But it is also true that we can do more together than we can by ourselves alone.  There is some synergy created when we help each other (two together get more done that two separately).  They have a good return for their work.  Churches are designed to get things done for our Lord.  To serve, to reach out, to encourage, and to comfort.  The ideal is not to be individually filled and satisfied as a Christian, but to glorify God together in missions.  We are not meant to be cyber-Christians, but communal believers, that fuel our missions from our community.  
We are called to be "Missional Communities."  

Prayer:  Lord, help me to be with others to do your work together.