This morning in staff devotions we talked about the fact that a community of believers needs to be just that - a community of believers. It needs to be a place where everyone helps everyone else, no matter how small or how large. Yet so many times we’re unwilling to accept help. We can talk about hospitality all we want, but why does our pride get in the way so often of being vulnerable and saying, “I need help?”
We miss out on:
- Possibly cultivating lasting relationships by asking for help.
- Possibly allowing God in to conquer some major problems in our lives by not asking for help.
- Possibly not seeing others’ needs by not asking for help with our own.
- Missing an oppourtunity to experience God’s grace through His people
- The list could go on and on…
Craig Groeschel was just talking on Swerve about small vs. large churches and the fact that a lot of people leave the larger churches because they don’t feel needed. Is it possible that people also are afraid to let go of pride and admit that they need something as well?
~ God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble ~ From James
Let’s be humble.
WHAT TO DO NOW?