Pressing In

When I think about it, all we really are is a warm, squishy bag of water that is self propelled and self determining but we each have this awesome responsibility....No, gift of carrying within this bag of goo a priceless thing.
A piece of eternity. A part of God. A soul.
So here we are walking around a shrouded soul and we say things like.....'I don't have time for relationships', or 'I don't want to go to any kind of Ladies Bible study group or Men's fellowship', or 'I don't want to get hurt'......that one really confuses me.
When did it become all about 'I'.
What is your purpose here anyway?
God does not need you.....you are not indispensable. He was doing just fine before you came along. He doesn't need you to sing His praises......there will be time enough for all that later.
He doesn't need you to enjoy His Creation.......there are things that no mind can conceive waiting for us.
So what is your purpose?
I think it is simple....You are the body of Christ. It is your fleshy goo-bag that God needs. You are His body. His legs, His arms, His tongue. So how are you doing with this? Is that how you approach everyday?
"I am the fleshy goo-bag of God!"
In this Light how should I approach relationships? Truth is I will get hurt. It is ridiculous to think anything else. But what if all of Life was not about me? What if I need to be God's arms and legs to the people around me? What if my small piece of eternity, the small part of God I carry with me can add life to another bag of goo? I could be the one being that can speak God's words to a destroyed soul. I could be God's hands that reach out to a crushed spirit. I could be God's legs that walk alongside a breaking heart.
What if we all pressed into relationships not with the need to get but the longing to give. To give life and love and understanding.
It is in times of happiness and health that we need to build circles of support so that when life begins to hurt....And it will.....We are there to press into one another. To hold up each other with God's hands. To speak God's words.
Press into Life
Press into relationships
Press into fellowship
Press into each other
and maybe in all that pressing our souls might touch and where we touch God is.