There is a TV show that I used to watch when I was a child, called “Touched by an Angel”. I loved this show and still do, as I recently discovered its showing on TV. This show truly touches my heart, because it makes me relax, brings peace to my mind, and reminds me that God is always in control. Reminds me that angels do exist and that God hears all of my prayers, and sees every tear that I cry. If you have never seen it, know that in this show Monica, Tess and Andrew are angels that God sends to earth, to deliver a specific message of His love to specific people. When the angels first arrive, they never know what the case is about, or why God has them meet with the people. Throughout the whole show they simply wait on God, listen to him and work together supporting one another, and living a life of truth. By the end of the show, all the puzzle pieces come together and their mission is successfully accomplished. That’s what I like to see. What strikes me is the fact that many times, God reveals a little something to one angel without revealing it to the other two. Today, Tess knew that God would have this little boy live with Andrew for a period of time, as Andrew stood up wanting to say something, she gave him a nod assuring him that God just put this action in place, and Andrew submitted to it. The angels must trust one another, so that the Lord can communicate to them and through them, to the rest. For example, Monica speaks prophetically to many people that she meets, and when they ask her how she knew it all, she simply says: “I didn’t. God gives me what I need to know, when I need to know it.”
God is teaching me more and more about how he works in mysterious ways through the fellowship of other believers. Jesus stretched this idea so much, that it truly is important and even essential for a believer to be involved with other believers. Those friends that we meet, who also have the same love for God, will then be our encouragement, accountability and ways through which God will be speaking to us. Once again, because he may reveal a little something to one of my friends, and then that friend will pass that onto me and the rest. Just like with the angels. We need to always be listening to God on our own, in our own secret place, but we also need to pray and fellowship with other believers so that he can use others to work in our hearts. We need to learn how to trust one another, as we live by our faith in God. I always want to tell God how much I love Him, I want to touch him, hug him, kiss him…but I can’t do that in a direct physical way as I could do with my friends. This is what I have been learning through my recent friendships. God wants to touch me, hug me, and kiss me to show me that he loves me, but he can’t come down in a direct physical way to do these things…so he sends me friends who love him, and whom he fills with his love for me…those friends then come and pass it onto me and I know that this is from the Lord. Same for me…I then get a chance to express my love for God, by expressing it to others. How great is that? I love God! Jesus said that if we give water to a thirsty stranger, it is in reality Christ to whom we give this glass of water, because God is with us here. This is why fellowship with other believers and the way that we treat our neighbors is so important to us, Christians, because then we get to face the living God-relational God, who everyday awaits us with many blessings…and the greatest one of all- the blessing love. The angels showed me today, team work between believers which I can see in my friends, because God does work through others, and because he shows us what we need to know, when we need to know. Make sure that you are not being isolated from this great gift of fellowship…this gift that we know as church…because if God gives me something to pass onto someone else, how I will be able to do it, if there is no one in my life to pass it onto? How will I obey God, if I live a self-centered life and don’t care about others in my dorm, work or faith? I will not be able to hear God correctly by isolating myself from everyone else around me, especially those who love the Lord God. And I will not be able to be alive part of God’s Kingdom, if I choose to be alone. In my life, God mostly gives me what I need to know, when I need to know, while I am praying for someone or with someone…when I am surrounded by his children…just like Monica was. Who are you surrounded by? Who is your other part of the team; your accountability; your encouragment; and someone God uses to speak to you?
God is teaching me more and more about how he works in mysterious ways through the fellowship of other believers. Jesus stretched this idea so much, that it truly is important and even essential for a believer to be involved with other believers. Those friends that we meet, who also have the same love for God, will then be our encouragement, accountability and ways through which God will be speaking to us. Once again, because he may reveal a little something to one of my friends, and then that friend will pass that onto me and the rest. Just like with the angels. We need to always be listening to God on our own, in our own secret place, but we also need to pray and fellowship with other believers so that he can use others to work in our hearts. We need to learn how to trust one another, as we live by our faith in God. I always want to tell God how much I love Him, I want to touch him, hug him, kiss him…but I can’t do that in a direct physical way as I could do with my friends. This is what I have been learning through my recent friendships. God wants to touch me, hug me, and kiss me to show me that he loves me, but he can’t come down in a direct physical way to do these things…so he sends me friends who love him, and whom he fills with his love for me…those friends then come and pass it onto me and I know that this is from the Lord. Same for me…I then get a chance to express my love for God, by expressing it to others. How great is that? I love God! Jesus said that if we give water to a thirsty stranger, it is in reality Christ to whom we give this glass of water, because God is with us here. This is why fellowship with other believers and the way that we treat our neighbors is so important to us, Christians, because then we get to face the living God-relational God, who everyday awaits us with many blessings…and the greatest one of all- the blessing love. The angels showed me today, team work between believers which I can see in my friends, because God does work through others, and because he shows us what we need to know, when we need to know. Make sure that you are not being isolated from this great gift of fellowship…this gift that we know as church…because if God gives me something to pass onto someone else, how I will be able to do it, if there is no one in my life to pass it onto? How will I obey God, if I live a self-centered life and don’t care about others in my dorm, work or faith? I will not be able to hear God correctly by isolating myself from everyone else around me, especially those who love the Lord God. And I will not be able to be alive part of God’s Kingdom, if I choose to be alone. In my life, God mostly gives me what I need to know, when I need to know, while I am praying for someone or with someone…when I am surrounded by his children…just like Monica was. Who are you surrounded by? Who is your other part of the team; your accountability; your encouragment; and someone God uses to speak to you?
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