Sense of Belonging: To God’s Kingdom-Part 2

As a writer, I can easily quote several verses and prove to your mind, your intellect, that you belong. But the essence of belonging isn’t an intellectual concept that we can understand by a logical argument. The essence of belonging is emotional—or better, a sense or a feeling. It is understood with the heart. When I say this “sense of belonging” is understood with the heart, I mean that it might be best described as a feeling. In this case, I suggest that we use the term “feeling” and the term “emotion” separately and differently in which “feeling” and “sense” are more related, and “emotion” is used to refer to being happy or sad or something like that. I may or may not feel emotional about this sense. The sense of belonging I have with my friends and family doesn’t always carry emotion. It’s just there. I trust the love of my family and friends. I feel secure knowing their love and care.   

I believe this is what God intends as He guides Paul in writing all these scriptures that are the foundation of our faith. God intends that we have this sense of belonging in His Kingdom. His intent is that we move in our world as we would move in HIs Kingdom. We should be able to move in this world with a sense of safety and security, believing that even if we erred we aren’t risking that sense of belonging; we are, as Paul says, able to live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28 NIV)

We have works to do and we’re going to need faith to do them!

**(See earlier blogs for more on God’s plan for you  or buy the book “From Here …By Faith”)