Below is a great illustration I read recently in an article written by John Ortberg. Just thought I’d share.
"Years ago, while on vacation, I was going to fix something on the grill. I made a pile of charcoal, I poured a few gallons of lighter fluid over them, and I started the fire. My son was just fascinated by fire, as most young boys are. He asked what I was doing, and I told him.
"There's something about the way these little briquettes are constructed that when you put them together, the fire glows and they get real hot. And if you isolate one it cools off quickly. It loses the fire. But when they stick together, there's fire, because they feed off each other. God designed them to work that way."
This fits what Dallas Willard has said about the Christian life: "Personalities united can contain more of God and sustain the force of his greater presence better than scattered individuals." Think about that. Personalities united—people in community—contain more of God and his transforming power than isolated individuals. We should not be surprised that transformation requires community; it's how God designed us."
Brings a whole new light to the relentless doctrine of – “Don’t forsake the assembly”
Stay together – in mind, in heart, in spirit. We are made for this. There are many things to be done. It is going to take everyone.
1 comment:
Will we ever learn that it takes everyone...we are sooo selfish, we have too much to get done. Church gets in the way of our religion. I am distracted by the fact that so many people our age do not care and do not seem to realize that it is them that needs to step up and participate. No one will do it for you. That means you...everyone. There are things to be done and until you give yourself to doing what God wants you to do then you will not see his glory in those things. Whether you know it or not you are all an inspiration, example, and encouragement to someone. You probably do not even know who it is, but when you are not around it makes them a little sad, stubble just a little, be a little less focused on praising our God. It is up to YOU. Get busy.
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