Life is about relationships, isn’t it? Family, friends, co-workers, neighbors: our relationships make our lives rich. If you think about it, even the things we do in our free time are often based around relationships. For example, many of us watch sports teams because of the relationships between the teams, the teammates, and sometimes our own history with the team. Even music can be thought of as sort of a relationship between different instruments, all working together. 

God created us for relationships. He created us to desire relationship with Him; then He created us to need relationships with each other. This is clear all the way back in Genesis. It wasn’t good for man to be alone; he needed another person to live life with. Sadly, Adam and Eve, as you know, brought each other to sin. But I hope they also brought each other to God many times after that. It’s true that our relationship with God is an individual one – everyone needs to make their own decision to follow Christ. However, most of us can point to particular relationships God used to bring us to follow Christ. For me, it was my dad and my mom. It is so important that we as followers of Christ become that person, that relationship, for those around us who don’t know Jesus. Relationships are one big key to bringing others to eternal life in Christ and reaching our world for Him.                

This is Luis Palau.