Built Together: You Were Made to Belong, Not Stand Alone
by Bart Denny Just like LEGO bricks are designed to connect, God created us to be connected—to Him and to one another. A LEGO brick sitting by itself may be colorful, useful, and well-designed, but it was made for connection . It was made to become part of something larger than itself. And so were we. In 1 Peter 2:4–10, the Apostle Peter gives us a powerful picture of what God is doing in the lives of His people. He does not describe Christians as isolated individuals trying to hold everything together on their own. He describes us as “living stones” being built together into a spiritual house . That matters, because many of us know what it feels like to try to carry life alone. We take on more than we should. We say yes when we need to say no. We carry responsibilities, burdens, worries, and struggles that were never meant to rest on our shoulders alone. And if we are not careful, we can even start treating the Christian life that way. We may say we believe in Jesus, but quietly we be...