Are You A Loner?
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work.” Ecclesiastes 4:9
Have you discovered yet that you are incomplete by yourself?
During my “warrior” stage of life you would have been hard-pressed to convince me that I needed you or anyone else. I wanted to do it ALL by myself. I Sounded like a three year old.
I ask why I wanted to do things alone and not get close to anyone?
This was a good read and a difficult read for me. I have a tendency to shut people out or keep them at a distance because I am afraid of being hurt.
I continually say “As long as I’ve got King Jesus, I don’t need anyone else.” *This is true, BUT God created us to have fellowship with Him AND one another. “RELATIONSHIPS”
*I know that this is one of my weaknesses.
* This makes me ask myself.. how can I make myself more available for fellowship?
I pray that God will continue to build me up in this area.
I know few people willing to admit their need for others, but many who live according to this principle.
However, sooner or later we discover God’s truth regarding our need for others.
God made us to need others. We may not discover this until we fail – fail in a business, a marriage, a close friendship, or in a client relationship. (I managed to fail in them all).
*We are incomplete without the ongoing input from others into our lives.
**An “independent spirit” is one of the most detestable sins from God’s viewpoint.
**It is the highest form of pride. “Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice” (Prov. 13:10).
We are not here for ourselves. We are here to serve and love those who are in need. That is how we show who we are in Christ!!! Amen
1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
*God has made each of us so that we have only so many gifts!
*God did not give any of us all the available gifts.
* Hence, WE Learn to depend on others and to Humbly trust others to complete US where we are deficient.
1 Cor. 12:4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.
Romans 12:6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.
Who has God placed in your life to complete you?
* Perhaps it is a mate.
* Perhaps it is a close friend.
* Perhaps it is a business partner.
If you lack this in your life, I encourage you to seek someone out who can speak into your life.
*If you have someone like this, tell him or her how much you appreciate the role he or she plays in your life.
As each part of our physical bodies has a well defined function it is the same for the body of Christ. We should be careful though not to think our selves overly important because of the role we play in the body; it is because we are part of the body why we are important. Without the body our role is insignificant, meaningless.
Jesus had an inner circle of friends made up of Peter, James and John. John had a very special relationship with Jesus.
He was considered to be Jesus’ best friend. It was John who recognized Jesus after the crucifixion when He came to them on the seashore. “Then the disciple whom Jesus loved, said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord!'”(John 21:7).
Do you long to have an intimate relationship with your creator?
*The Lord desires to have the same with you.
*He does not want you to have a mere form of religion, but a relationship whereby you experience His Presence and Power.
*Where you can see God perform His acts of power and love among others.
One of the keys to intimacy is uprightness.
Uprightness means we are living a life of obedience and submission to His will in our lives.
When we live at this place we enter His inner circle.
Pray for God to make your life upright and intimate with Jesus.
When the church Body begins to demonstrate the unity of faith, the unity of shared truth, shared power, and shared life, the world is hit by an inescapable impression that Jesus IS Lord, that He indeed holds the key to History and to Reality, that He IS indeed the revelation of the invisible God.
(Please read John 17:20-26).
Lord, You have made me one with believers in all places in all times. May that unity be reflected in all that I do.
Thank you for my spouse, mate, best friend, partner, encourager- Laura. Thank you for her special gifts that help complete me as Your servant. Thank you Lord for all the other people, with their giftings, helping also to make the Body complete in our world. Thank You Jesus and help us ALL to see more clearly the Need we have for Community and Unity in each other to enable us to be ALL You want us and the Body to be! Thank You Jesus that The path of life is not for Loners–but relationships serving YOU and giving ALL praise and Glory to YOU !
In Jesus Name. Amen