Media Outreach

I look around at my peers, our youth, our government and even the body of Christ and think to myself, “How can restoration come when we are so divided amongst one another?” I look at the generations coming and I feel sorrow, because the way things are going it seems that they will never know the simplicity of childhood – and that is just to be. Not to be rich, or to be independent, or to be desired… just simply being who God has called you to be.

I also know the future cannot receive what the past does not impart or the present make time for. Inheritances are bestowed and atmospheres cultivated to set the tone for others to walk into. So as we berate this “hapless lost generation,” we have to realize that there was a path set out for them to follow, same as there was for us.

This begs the question, “What’s changed?” One word – community. God has called us to this principle and somehow we’ve walked away from it. It’s not a proposal… it’s an essential! We need one another, not only to carry out the Great Commission that God has given us, but it’s the only hope we have of seeing a generation turn back to the heart of the Father. People, moreover youth, want to SEE compassion, not just hear about it. I believe that generations of talking the talk has led to this generation that walks the walk (unfortunately it’s away from the church).

There are many verses in the Bible where God is urging his people to keep the sanctity of community, but one in particular is especially significant: Acts 2:42-48 where it talks about how the believers ate together, prayed together and enjoyed one another “with sincere hearts,” sold their wealth for those in need TOGETHER, and as a result of this, “God added to their number DAILY those who were being saved.”

It’s time for us to regain a thirst for community; to not only desire God to move in our individual lives, but the desire to move in unity on God’s behalf and touch the lives of others.

My revelation: Community… community… come… unity.