only together

Being connected to Christians is essential to mission.
1 Corinthians 12 explains how the church needs every person to fill its purpose. Our goal of bringing Glory to God and reaching a lost world cannot be accomplished by acting as individuals. Only when working together and making use of everyone’s skills, can we be used by God to our potential. The love, support, encouragement and accountability that should be found in this group are the way missional goals are achieved.
I love when Robert says: “Connection helps break us of that individualistic, selfish mentality so that we see others around us who need our encouragement and vice versa.” I feel like I have been told over and over again about the idea of America being a very individualistic culture. I have been shown many examples of how this plays out, but here I see for the first time how this relates to my own Christian walk.
I now see that my attitude has been closer to: “What am I going to do for God?” or “What is God’s big plan to use me in the world?”. Roberts says it isn’t just me and Jesus, but it is in community that we should be working toward this goal.