The Joy of Fellowship with One Another

"But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:7)

There is no greater joy than that of genuine "fellowship" among Christians, beloved! This past weekend we thoroughly enjoyed spending time with Christian friends with whom we have served the kingdom of God in the past and just catching up on what's been going on in our lives respectively. As we sat and talked and laughed for hours together, the time apart and distance melted away and the bond that holds us closely in Christ manifested itself in wonderful ways. Though we had to say "goodbye" to them last night, knowing that they are headed back home today, still the memories of those hours together will linger and bless our spirits and renew us for the challenges which God's Spirit has for us.

Is that not how it ought to be whenever true believers get together? When our hearts are focused upon the "light" of God's perfect holiness and we are seeking diligently to "walk" in that light for all to see, should not God's own koinonia or "fellowship" be the natural result? What a blessing it is, then, that God pours out upon us whenever we, as John so eloquently put it, "walk in the light" of God's holiness, enjoying that continual cleansing from sin and our relationship by grace with our heavenly Father!

Let me encourage you today to stop and give thanks to God for the "fellowship" of friendship with brothers and sisters in Christ, for that oneness that we have in Him as we with one accord and one spirit seek to live for God's glory and to follow the leading of our Lord and Savior wherever it may take us. And let me also encourage you to keep on "walking in the light" of God's holiness as you pursue the path of personal righteousness and are able to be an instrument of God's grace in the lives of others. Now more than ever, this crazy world needs to see the consistent lifestyle of true believers who are sold out to Jesus Christ. Will you be one of those?

Ron