Fellowship

How many time do we think or understand what it means to fellowship with other believers? This past weekend I had the opportunity to spend time in fellowship. First, my church family was going to take part in a work day to help a widow in need with her house. We were going to work hard and sweat in service for God helping one of His children. But we were going to rub shoulders and fellowship together over the work project. Because of rain this event was postponed for 2 weeks. As I was falling asleep that night I realized that I had missed the opportunity to gather with my brothers, even though it was going to be work, and have fun together serving Jesus. Then on Sunday we had a drop in at our new house to celebrate with others the blessings from God. We had all different people enter our home for a time of fellowship. We had friends from our old church, our new church, family, and close friends outside of church. It was a time of celebration as laughing, catching up, and the joy of company took place. This too was a great time of fellowship and as I fell asleep that night I was grateful for an exhausting day but a great day of love and joy with others. Both of these times are times when fellowship take place.

Both of these possible occasions got me to think there is no book or set standard to what fellowship as children of God is. We can fellowship with others over work, food, fun, worship, study, games, outreach, pretty much any activity that involves love for each other and a love for God. Fellowship can take place in homes, the church, a forest, a work site, a street corner, a soup kitchen, or in a car. Fellowship will take place when God's blessings are celebrated, when serving each other takes place, when a genuine love is had for one another, or when heart ache hits and we cry with each other. Fellowship can take place in a group or one on one. Fellowship can take place with a mix of young and old or among a group of men and women.

Fellowship is something that every child of God needs and like the other day when we miss it we realize the void and desire it all the more. The Sunday of the drop in was exhausting, but it was a beautiful exhausting and for no other reason would I fall asleep being happy yet tired. Fellowship is something that all believers need for sharpening, making us feel loved, giving us courage, and honing our skills and attributes. Fellowship is anvital part of the Christian walk. I have discovered from my own life that it is a part I cannot live without and after my study of the Bible, think it is a part no Christian can live without.

Simply put, God is a being of relationships, so we must be also. We must love each other and fellowship together in every way possible and in every chance we are given. Fellowship is a blessing from God that we must enjoy, as we enjoy each other.