Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
fellowship
(since this can get pretty long i’m gonna split it up over the blogging of a few days – so yes. i’ll actively blog this week..)
first and foremost. fellowship is a relationship. not what most define now as an activity that happens once a week on friday nights – where we group together and do programs and sing, etc. why? cause there’s so much more to it than just doing an activity once a week.
i mean if it was just an activity, a venue. how attractive would it be? how much would you grow just going once a week on a friday night? fellowship is not just about that one night, fellowship is about the people. the family of believers.
fellowship is a relationship.
a relationship is where we are together – both physically and in heart looking towards Jesus Christ the author and perfecter of our faith.
together physically, so we can gather and rejoice together. to eat and be glad.
“food brings ppl together” – Alex Lam
little did i know what alex was saying did indeed have biblical grounding! haha, but I mean you can’t fellowship when your apart. you might as well be just msn-ing. something i’ve come to realize is the importance of being together physically in a relationship of believers where ever i may be. cause in the past i’ve experienced how this arguement breaks down.
when your together, physically in a fellowship – people keep you accountable. people push you along your walk. people pray together… you get the point. its just this comes up so much in my life that i can’t really ignore it. and probably for most co-op students at waterloo. when we pick up our lives and move once every four months – if we are not going back home. we are somewhere new, somewhere we dont have that fellowship. and it’s easy to decide not to look for one because you’ve already identified yourself with another fellowship per say back home, or at CCF.
i know in hamilton, i didn’t want to find a fellowship – partly cause i identified myself w/ the waterloo ccf fellowship, and as a result that term was terrible. i had the worst weeks. a pretty bad time in general and my walk stagnated like i was stuck in wet cement or something (due to the lack of a proper imagination in the morning)
when your not with a fellowship in a new area. when your not physically together with them. your in a long distance relationship as opposed to a close relationship. and its just easier to feel all the temptations and attacks from Satan.
i’m pretty much out of time before i have to go to lectures, but i’ll leave with a few questions..
are you part of a local fellowship?
do you seek to be in one when you move or transition in your life? or do you hold onto fellowships in other places?
next… fellowship – together like minded in one accord