Week 4: Friday | What is Community?

Read: Philippians 1:9-11

One of the major barriers that prevents us from moving into community is individualism. Our culture glorifies the pioneer, the lone hero, and the overachiever, but in reality this individualism tends to work against community by prioritizing things done in isolation over things done with others.

Some of us live in places where it’s common to drive an hour each way to work, where the brick walls and long driveways keep neighbors at a distance, and where spare time is commonly viewed as a rare commodity.

While we’d love to let everyone off the hook right here and say that the challenges of modern living can justify our individualism, in the grand scheme of things, it’s just not the case! Our individualism is destroying the powerful, counter-cultural witness of the Church. It’s limiting our capacity to experience God and it’s only going to get worse unless we make some significant adjustments!

Journal/Text Question: What are some things that contribute to your individualism?

Prayer Starter: Jesus, show me my need for others in true biblical community.