The value of fellowship

I’ve been thinking a lot about fellowship lately, and how thankful I am that God calls us to fellowship with other believers. I have been feeling rather dry spiritually lately, and seriously lacking in motivation to read my Bible and spend time in prayer. Yet God has been so faithful to encourage me and draw me nearer to Himself through fellowship at church and in our church small group and through time with Christian friends.

Last week our pastor preached on the Samaritan woman at the well, and the Living water that Jesus offers. As Jonathan and Amanda were leading us in worship beforehand, I couldn’t help think of how thankful I was to be worshiping God together in that corporate setting. We then discussed the sermon at small group last night. How encouraged I was as one my friends prayed for Erik and I (and others in the group) who were weary and in need of refreshment and energy. And then at the playground today I was so encouraged and challenged by Amanda sharing about how she was really trying to set aside regular time with the Lord, and how she was trying to work that out with her husband and kids.

How thankful I am that God does not just say “you aren’t pursuing me very much, so I’ll forget about you” but instead He gently woos (yes, Cathy, I did look that up in the dictionary to get the right spelling!!) me to Himself. And how cool that He is using the fellowship of other believers to do that.