To those who'll go out #2
2. Get rooted
Fellowship is a very important part of your faith. The early church was excellent in this practice; the Bible tells us in the book of Acts how the believers joined together constantly in prayer (1:14) and how they were all together in one place on the day of Pentecost (2:1). But my favourite one is Acts 2:26 “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts”. I believe this is why this church was so strong and God was able to use it so much, they knew the importance of fellowship.
Being part of an assembly allows growth which could have never come had you been alone. By this, I’m not underestimating God’s ability to speak to you alone, but you have to remember that the body is made up of many parts, and for that reason, we need each other. I love 1 Corinthians 12:21 “The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I don’t need you!’ And the head cannot say to the feet, ‘I don’t need you!’ The journey of faith calls for one to be part of an assembly, where one will be taught and held accountable and where one will receive strengthening and encouragement in time of need. You can’t make it alone; no soldier can win a war all by himself.
It is for this reason that the writer of Hebrews gives this warning in chapter 10 verse 25 “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
I spent the greater part of my first year looking for a place of worship. Every Sunday me and my friends went out scouting. We eventually found one near the middle of the year. It was a good church, but it just didn’t do it for me. I stayed there, but I still kept my eyes and heart open. Towards the end of the year another friend of mine invited me to their church and I knew from that day that this would be the one. I can’t explain what is you ‘feel’ but you just know when you’ve come to the one God wants you in. I spent the rest of the year there and the whole of my second year. I grew closer to God in my second year as a result. I could fight temptation easier, I saw through the enemy’s schemes quicker, and I was quick to get up when I fell down. I would look forward to our Bible study sessions on Wednesdays and our Sunday services. This caused that when I came home to my home church I’d be pumped up and not needing to be re-inflated because my home away from home kept me high.
Do yourself a favour. Don’t spend your first Sunday alone, go out and ask God to lead to the place where He wants you. Then once you’ve found it, let your roots sink in and grow and be encouraged by your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Fellowship is a very important part of your faith. The early church was excellent in this practice; the Bible tells us in the book of Acts how the believers joined together constantly in prayer (1:14) and how they were all together in one place on the day of Pentecost (2:1). But my favourite one is Acts 2:26 “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts”. I believe this is why this church was so strong and God was able to use it so much, they knew the importance of fellowship.
Being part of an assembly allows growth which could have never come had you been alone. By this, I’m not underestimating God’s ability to speak to you alone, but you have to remember that the body is made up of many parts, and for that reason, we need each other. I love 1 Corinthians 12:21 “The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I don’t need you!’ And the head cannot say to the feet, ‘I don’t need you!’ The journey of faith calls for one to be part of an assembly, where one will be taught and held accountable and where one will receive strengthening and encouragement in time of need. You can’t make it alone; no soldier can win a war all by himself.
It is for this reason that the writer of Hebrews gives this warning in chapter 10 verse 25 “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
I spent the greater part of my first year looking for a place of worship. Every Sunday me and my friends went out scouting. We eventually found one near the middle of the year. It was a good church, but it just didn’t do it for me. I stayed there, but I still kept my eyes and heart open. Towards the end of the year another friend of mine invited me to their church and I knew from that day that this would be the one. I can’t explain what is you ‘feel’ but you just know when you’ve come to the one God wants you in. I spent the rest of the year there and the whole of my second year. I grew closer to God in my second year as a result. I could fight temptation easier, I saw through the enemy’s schemes quicker, and I was quick to get up when I fell down. I would look forward to our Bible study sessions on Wednesdays and our Sunday services. This caused that when I came home to my home church I’d be pumped up and not needing to be re-inflated because my home away from home kept me high.
Do yourself a favour. Don’t spend your first Sunday alone, go out and ask God to lead to the place where He wants you. Then once you’ve found it, let your roots sink in and grow and be encouraged by your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
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