Living on Mission; Episode Two

Episode Two: Making the People Connection

You didn’t know it then, but when you connected to God, you connected to everyone else who has joined themselves to God. You didn’t know it, and you may not have intended to, and it might scare you a little bit to think about what that means; but whether you wanted it or not, the connection was made.

The same life and vitality that is flowing into you is flowing into them. They’ve been liberated to follow the calling of the God who holds your future in his hands. And whether you know it or not, you need those people you’ve connected to. You are not traveling to that future on a solo journey, and you will not arrive on your strength alone.

When you rose from the dirt, the God-seed held in your hands, you rose as a new person, with a new network of relationships, some that you’re still just beginning to discover. It is these unexpected connections that will enrich your journey forward. The strange delight of an unlooked for word of encouragement; or the newly discovered pleasure of friends whose hearts and hands hold the same seed of promise – these are yours to be treasured and enjoyed.

You do not have to be left to grope in the dark again. On the other end of your seed will be one, two, or a hundred whose tears, fears, and joys will be your own, and yours will be theirs. Those bonds of love that were formed in the nurturing soil of God’s presence are stronger than any you have ever known. They don’t tear easily because they were made with the strongest of fibers, and they are sustained by the life-giving flow of Jesus’ love. God, the master planter, is creating a bountiful, beautiful garden from those related seeds.

Go ahead and give up on independence – it was an illusion anyway. Embrace the abundant joy of a life intertwined with those making the same journey, it will make the path that much sweeter.