The last thing I learned I learned the first thing this morning before I got out of bed. I woke up with this paragraph developing in my heart. No matter what I dream I wake up in school.
“When I read Matthew chapter 16, I hear Jesus saying that He wants to build His followers into the body of Christ — Spirit-led community gatherings of Christ-hearers who are personally experiencing and sharing the rock of direct revelation from God the Father, with one another.”
The body of Christ is called to be community. Community is people who are connected heart to heart. A group of people that meets without heart interaction isn’t a community.
The more heart interaction you individually have with the risen Jesus the more you will be able to experience genuine community with other people. First cultivate an ever-growing relationship with the living Jesus, then beautiful relationships with other people will spontaneously flow from that.
An audience is a gathering of spectators. A community is openhearted people who interact with and care for one another. Without heart-to-heart Spirit-led community interaction, Christianity tends to become a religious lecture series. When individuals are prompted and led by God’s Spirit, community breaks out in their midst. Begin by showing Christ’s love to the people He puts in front of you.
God didn’t create you to be lost in the crowd. He made you a unique individual so that your life can brightly shine with His creativity. You’re not a clone or a faceless cog in the mass of humanity. There’s never been another person like you!
God wants you to be more than a spectator at religious events. He wants you to be a bright light who demonstrates His presence for all to see. My life has been hopping with supernatural inner joy and Spirit-led interactive community ever since I began to listen to and walk along with the risen Jesus!
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