Vital signs- Sunday, Oct 9th, 2022

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭133:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Trust Fall

Right now, our generation takes more antidepressants than any other generation. We walk around with so much anxiety and stress. This world needs a revival of joy. It needs a revival of laughter. What if we just got together as a community of believers for the purpose of laughter. Open our homes. Go out for coffee. Go see movies together. Build community because unity cannot happen without community. 

God wants us laughing together, enjoying each other. He doesn’t want us to just tolerate each other, but to loosen up. To pray together, to study the word together, yes! But also have fun and enjoy being around each other

God doesn’t want us to be stiff-necked, religious Pharisees. He wants us to be disciples that love one another, having fun together. Because when we build up a joyful community, it is contagious. It is revival waiting to happen.

Church is exciting! Jesus is awesome ! David killed giants. Joshua made the sun stand still. Aaron miraculously won a war by raising a staff for two days. Solomon was basically the “Gandalf” of the bible. 

These amazing, awesome things wouldn’t have happened without God. Let’s get people excited about who God is and what He is doing! 

God wants us to be disciples that love one another and love each other so much that we're having fun together—that's spiritually attractive, and that's attractive Christianity. 

Unity can be scary because unity requires trust. You can’t build unity without trust. It is a vulnerable thing. Any time one builds relationships, it's always going to be a risk. 

Have you ever gone to camp? Remember the “trust fall”? You stand up an elevated platform and people stand behind you. You have to fall into their arms and trust that they will catch you. I’m asking you to “trust fall” into a community of believers. 

There are a few people in my life that I trust. I can trust them with anything. They know where the hidden key is to get into my house. They can come in. They have refrigerator rights. They don’t even have to ask me. 

God wants us to be in such a strong community with each other, where open trust is commonplace. The only way to get to this point is to get real with one another. We need to create space to be real and to get down to the nitty-gritty. We should be able see the dirt in each other’s lives, and continue to love in spite of it. 

Unusual camaraderie is not an accident in a church. It happens with people who are intentionally relational. The Bible says weep with those who weep. Laugh with those who laugh. Celebrate with those who are celebrating. Sympathize with those that are going through pain. 

God wants to bring revival in and through your life, but it all begins with trust: trust in God and trust in your life-giving relationships.