God's Story Is Our Story: From Acts to New CreationSample

Particularly in our day and age, it's easy to think about faith in terms of my own personal relationship with God. God does relate to us in all kinds of personal ways, and there are some actions that we must take personally. However, the danger of an overly-individualistic approach to faith is that we neglect the responsibilities we have towards our brothers and sisters in Christ.

James urges us to notice and to care about people who are wandering from faith in Christ. Jesus described himself as the shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine sheep to go find the one lost sheep. One of the ways that God draws people back is through his people.

That means we need to be open to people waking us up to what is really true and what really matters. We need to be willing to help others by praying or speaking the truth gently and lovingly as people who are prone to wander themselves.

Is there someone whom God can use you to help bring back to himself?