MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS

 

Building awesome relationships is great and God wants us to love one another. Danger comes when we base our identity on these connections, networks or relationships. We tend to think that we are complete with the connections and people who we know. Sharing life with other people is not bad but we shouldn't base our identity on it. It’s a dilemma we have as human beings. We forget that God’s love frees us to even love others fearlessly. But when we base our identity on earthly relationships, we cannot live a free and fulfilling life. We strain our relationships when we base our identity on our loved ones. Every trouble starts because of our self-centeredness. Basing our identity on our connections hinders us from giving ourselves away for the sake of the Good News and in turn we end up not knowing what it means to really live. The top relationship goal we may have on our minds right now probably might be finding or improving a human relationship, which blinds us from seeing the importance of seeing how our relationship with God should come first and above all other relationships. It’s the relationship, our ultimate relationship, and all blessings flow out of that relationship.

A connection is a relationship that occurs as a result of successful networking, and its primary goal. These connections usually occur with colleagues at work or at work related functions.

Family relationships are a state of being connected by blood or marriage. Sometimes we base our identity in our siblings, parents, aunties, uncles or spouses. We tend to find contentment in these people.