Listen

So remember that once you were Gentiles by physical descent, who were called “uncircumcised” by Jews who are physically circumcised. At that time you were without Christ. You were aliens rather than citizens of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of God’s promise. In this world you had no hope and no God. But now, thanks to Christ Jesus, you who once were so far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:11-13

Think

Have you ever been somewhere new and felt left out? Maybe you started a new school or a new church or joined a new sports team. Everyone already seems to have friends, they already know what to do, or can navigate the school hallways without a map. At first it seems like you won’t ever find your community or figure out which classroom is where, but eventually you make a friend, and you stop needing the map to tell you where to go.

Christ creates a space for all of us to come, to join him, and find a place of belonging. Christ became a place for Jews and Gentiles to belong, to have faith in. Sometimes it may seem like you’re all alone or directionless, but Christ is there holding open a space for you. Just as we eventually find our community and our place in new surroundings, we can find where we belong in Christ.

Tori Crook

Pray

Jesus Christ, you create a place of belonging for me. Help me find comfort in it and invite all those who need a place to belong as well. Amen.

Go

God calls us to join the story of God’s goodness and creation.

Go and find where God is calling you, in the smallness and largeness of the world.

Go in fellowship, in love, and grow in the story that God has for us.