This generation has been described as the loneliest generation in history. Why?
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We have created an “on demand” world where we get much of what we want when we want it. A video takes a second to load, swipe down the next. Join social media and get “friends.” Pop a frozen dinner in the microwave and a few minutes later it is done.
We Date, find entertainment , see doctors online. And order online most of what we need to be delivered to our doorstep – from tonight’s dinner, to clothes, cars and more…
But your desire to belong, can’t be fulfilled by Amazon. The sense of belonging we all need is found only in real relationships – deep, lasting relationships with God and people, and by becoming part of something greater than ourselves.
God made you in such a way that others need you. They need who you are and what you provide. Even your failures, sins, addictions, etc, once healed and restored by God, become the very places where God gives you strength, wisdom and anointing to help others.
You will find a deep, lasting sense of belonging when you are engaged in the specific tasks God planned for you to do.
ACTION STEP:
Listen and Think Deeply about These Verses Showing How God Fulfills Your need to Belong as You Serve Others
1 Corinthians 12:27
"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."
Ephesians 2:19
"Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household."
As members of God’s family, we are to actively engaged in the family business of saving people from Satan, sin, and death and establishing the kingdom of God on the earth.
Ephesians 2:10 NKJV
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Matthew 20:26-28
" But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
John 13:14-15
"Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you."
Proverbs 11:25
"A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed."
Ephesians 4:32
"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."
1 Peter 4:10
"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms."
Philippians 2:3-4
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others."
Galatians 6:2
"Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ."