CONNECT

At the end of a life, what do people want to be surrounded by? Their trophies? Their cars, clothes, or money? The truth is, none of these things. When people die, they want to be surrounded by the people that they love.
Relationships are what make the world go around. Have you ever noticed that when you are having trouble with your spouse, significant other, close friend, parents, or kids that life is just such a drag. It's because we were made to do life together.
People want to be connected. There is a deep inner need to belong somewhere, to be a part of something. It is no accident that this need is such a part of us. God put this desire to be connected in us.
Jesus had close relationships. If you look at the New Testament, Jesus had many disciples. That much is obvious, when he commissioned them and sent them out by 2's in Luke 10:1(NIV) it says- 'After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. Look how it says 72 others.' So He had lots of disciples.
But when you look at the New Testament, Jesus spend the bulk of His time with a group of twelve. Twelve that He chose to really make a deep connection to. Twelve that were like a family. Twelve that were devastated when He was crucified. Jesus did life in a small group.
Then,look at the New Testament church in Acts and see how the very first church lived. Acts 2:44-47 (NIV)-'All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 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,praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.' That is what I call being connected with one another. These people were connected and cared about each other.
This is what people need. We need a group of people that we really get connected to. People that we do life with. That we share in their successes, in their defeats. People who will come to our aid when times get tough.
The truth is, most people don't have unconditionally loving relationships. That is because most people live an "IF" type of love. I will love you IF-you make me happy. IF-I am in a good mood. IF-you don't tick me off. It's conditional. But that isn't the kind of love God made us to have. God wants us to have unconditional love, but only if we are connected to Him will we be able to have that kind of love.
We were not made to do life alone. Being a lone ranger in life is not the life God wants for you. Come get connected. Get connected to God and to the other people in His family. Then will you find out what a truly fulfilling life is.

Be a REVOLUTION.