Relational People

We are a relational people. We are meant to be in community and in relationship with others.



In the busyness of today's society, relationships occur via Facebook, Twitter, text messages, email, and even blogs. We have forgotten about the important side of relational living is actually being in relationships with real human beings and being a participant in life and community. In order for us to survive and thrive, we need to be pursuing community. When I step out of community, my attitude and outlook on life begins to change. I enter an almost depressed state. The best part of our lives occurs with people. Rather than allowing our technology to be the source of interaction for relationships, why don't we step back and be intentional? Have face to face conversations. Instead of sending a text, call. Strive to spend time in community.

Where God is concerned, it amazes me that we still think we can place God into a box and tote Him around as we wish. It didn't work out for the Israelites too well, so what makes us think that it will work now. I am just as guilty as the next person of placing God into a box and telling Him what I think is best or what I know He needs to do in order to get the best result from a situation. But, why do we do this? What makes it so hard to step out in faith and hand over our control to God? He has our best interest at heart. If we give Him total control, He will utilize each of us in ways we could never imagine. Our lives would be full of pure joy that no one could ever take away. Yet, we still settle for figuring it out on our own, living lives that do not even come close to being fulfilling, and living with unnecessary stress because we have to do it all by ourselves because we've got this. Truth is, we don't have this. If we literally "let go and let God" have control of EVERYTHING in our lives, then we could live a life that is more successful, more fulfilling, and wilder than anything we could do on our own. If we move from talking at God and start talking to God, our relationship with Him will begin to flourish. If we want our relationships here on earth to succeed, we communicate: we talk, we listen, we cry, we laugh, we share.