God's Stimulus Plan - Part 5

God's Stimulus Plan - Part 5

An economy that provides needs, produces freedom, builds community, and passes the best values down from generation to generation.

God's design for building community.

True community,for the sake of these next writings, is the sense of belonging, building, participating, gaining support, and actively investing the gifts God has bestowed upon everyone uniquely and corporately to bring about His Kingdom here on earth. The body of Christ is the core of that community.

I am always amazed, humbled, and deeply challenged when I read the scriptures that tell of Jesus Christ interacting with the individual. You can see in each instance the special value he placed on each individual. He knew that He was a personal creator and savior for everyone across time and distance. It speaks loudly to me when I need him for strength and encouragement that He knows me intimately and will hear and answer my prayers. It should motivate us to look at those we encounter in our path in the same light.

Community principals

1. God is the resource for strength, sustainance , encouragement for a community. We can love because He loved us first and completely.

2. Prayer and reading God's word is our lifeline to that strength. This is true individually as well as a community. Even if governments built by men want to ignore this truth, as believers we cannot. For through His word, He has taught us to love Him with every fiber of our being and to love our neighbor as we would love ourself.

3. We must have a heart for the individual next to us and see them through the eyes of Christ. Without that love and view a community cannot grow and prosper. Remember always that communities are built with individuals created by the same creator.

Philippians 2:4 says ( paraphrase )
Look not only to the things that bless and benefit yourself, but let look also to the things that bless and benefit others.

My encouragement to you today is to find a neighbor that is in your circle of influence and look to bless them in some manner that would reflect the love that God has placed on you. Pray for them in the manner that Our Lord prayed for us.
Befriend them in the same mindset our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ befriended you.

This is the beginning of community

Peace to you and pass this on

His Servant,

Jeff

Next week we will examine more aspects of community. I look forward to the gathering. :).