I attended a small group today and enjoyed myself as our group went through a few Psalms and discussed what we think was going on in King David’s life when he wrote Psalm 22 and 51. I knew these two Psalms fairly well as well as the background that comes from reading Samuel. Because of this I had a feeling for how the discussion was going to head. One of my brothers and one of my sisters present also knew King David’s story and why he wrote those Psalms and prayed those prayers to his King and ours. They had much to say, but little to learn. What they got out of the discussion was mostly a review for them, or a reminder, which is very, very important. But, they were not nearly as engaged as two of my other brothers who were unfamiliar with the background for Psalm 22 and 51. These two brothers ended up getting a lot more out of our discussion because they were breaking new ground and learning new ways to pray and why we pray.
What I have learned from this small group meeting (aside from the correlation between Roman soldiers casting lots for Jesus’ clothes and evil men casting lots for David’s clothes) was that each and every Christian is at a different point in their walk with Christ. Each and every man, woman, and child has something different to bring to church (2 or more believers gathered in Christ’s name). Because everyone has something different to bring, they also all enjoy different bread. Small groups with a mix of new and mature believers are fantastic and vital to Christian growth, but sometimes those mature Christians are going to only get milk when they crave more solid food. Everyone is at a different point in their journey with Christ so we cannot even hope to cater to EVERYONE'S needs. We can only obey the Spirit and mutually build each other up by the Spirit so that we may all reach full unity and completion in Christ Jesus.
Zweech (Z. Wilkes)
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I know exactly what you mean. I’ve felt called to Africa for a while but now I’m not so sure. I don’t know but it seems that right now there is more of a lack of missionaries in the US and Europe than there are in Africa. So would it be more beneficial to the growth of God’s kingdom to be in one of those places? I don’t know but I sure am praying about it a lot more now than I have in quite a while.
Oh boy. It is a really good thing to realize this. Patience for the younger, and respect for elder. I liked what you said about obeying the Spirit. I think we can get so caught up in trying to figure out what’s best when really, all we need to do is pray and be led.