I haven’t been able to shake it from my mind or heart – God’s called us into doing life with Him.

1 Cor 1:9
9 God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Paul’s introducing his letter to the Corinthians and makes this passing comment. God – who has called you into doing life with Him – is faithful. The statement’s so simple, yet has the potential of being so huge.

‘Who has called you.’

God made the call to give us the opportunity of doing life with Him – it was part of his pursuit of humanity.
He initiated it.
He instigated it.
He made the first move.
He walked towards us.

He called out to you and me so that we would be able to walk in ‘fellowship with Him’.

Here’s a couple of definitions of ‘fellowship’:
 the state of sharing mutual interests, experiences, activities, etc.
 companionship; friendship

Wow – that’s what God has called us into with Him! He wants to share with us mutual interests, experiences and activities. He wants to be our companion and friend. The things we love to do and the things we find mundane – He wants the chance to be able to do them with us.

I think of some of my closest friends, and a significant part of the strength of the friendship comes from the common experiences we’ve shared together. Adventures together, doing ‘stuff’ together. Common experiences that we not only enjoy in the moment, but in the lead-in time of planning and the lead-out time of talking about what happened. They draw us together.
The crazy thing is that God wants to be drawn into those experiences with us in the same way. He wants us to be conscious of his presence with us wherever we go. To fellowship with Him. To have common experiences and interests. For us to be able to say – Lord, I remember doing … with You.

It makes me think about the ‘…’ activities I do with God. Am I including Him? Am I asking Him to be part of them? Or do I have ingrained in my thinking that God really only wants to presence Himself with me when I’m doing ‘spiritual’ stuff like going to church or having a quiet time, or praying with others?

What’s your ‘…’?
What could you do with God today that you thought you were just going to do by yourself?

The invitation is there for us to fellowship with Him – enjoy it.