Our lives are filled with a longing to belong. It is one of the most basic human desires. This is true at every stage and season of life. Recognition of this desire is loaded with questions. In my own story, how do I cultivate belonging? Is there a way to experience a fixed state of belonging? Is there any way that these desires can be moored to an anchor and not subject to a breeze? And what does God think about all this? What should it look like to belong to God by belonging to one another? There is so much packed into this question, but it gives succinct language to what we truly want. It addresses the real wants that are underneath the surface wants and gets close to the default setting God created us with. And to answer this question, Acts 2:42-47 will serve us well.

*This episode is an excerpt taken from Jim Thompson's message, "Church Membership." Find the full sermon on our website at fellowshipgreenville.org/sermons!

Speaker: Jim Thompson