All that believed were together, and had all things common
Its funny, but most of the people I know are doing their best to make it. Most are doing their best to provide for themselves, their spouses, and their families. The nature of the system we exist within is to keep the large majority of us in the unending "rat race". Many studies show that the U.S. is day by day becoming a so called "third world" country due to the ever increasing and widening gap between the wealthy and the poor(the illusion of the middleclass is rapidly eroding). Sometimes prospects of the future seem somewhat grimm.
During the holidays I spent time with my wifes parents house(which was a very pleasant experience). While there we all discussing economics, government, and our thoughts concerning the world ahead. During the discussion my brother in-law who lives in the ATL was like "man y'all could just come and live with us and we could all split the costs" and he was serious. This was no strange concept to me at all as these kind of thoughts have always been circulating through my mind.
It reminded me of my college days. There was a group of us who came together from all sorts of spiritual and religious backgrounds who were only concerned with knowing the "Creator". We threw out all denominationalistic doctrine and began to search the scripture from a fresh perspective to uncover the layers for its raw spiritual truth, we began to identify ourselves with the spiritual "Remnant" of Israel. As college students apart from any institution or organization, we built a small community based on our desire to know the "Most High", sincerity, transparency, and our having all things in common. During this period, we experienced great and revolutionary strides in our inner growth and a strenthened sense of true family amongst us all. We shared a great respect towards each others unique character, gifts, callings, personal perspectives, and individual talents which allowed each of us to flourish in ourselves far more powerfully and with greater confidence and personal stability. Powerful signs, healings, and miracles followed us on a regular basis(we never followed them), but more important than this we had all things "Common" as it had been with the 1st century Messianic congregation in the book of Acts 2:44.
There was nothing that we did not share. We constantly broke bread with one another. If anybody amongst us lacked anything without hesitation we collectively provided it for one another. If one of us couldn't pay our rent then we made sure that we raised it collectively. If we new of someone in need who wasn't necessarily acquainted with us we would convene and if we felt it was purposed and beneficial then we would provide for the need. None of us feared to ask anything of the other as the motives of our hearts and mind were "One" in our desire to love YHWY and one another as we loved ourselves.
When my brother in-law offered for us to come live with them and share the costs of living, I inwardly wondered if the Creator was showing me a glimpse of the futere. I wondered if YHWY is subtly bringing us back to a place where we(son's and daughters of G-d) might be flexible and open enough to exist on a level where we share and have all things in common in the spiritual truth of messianic conciousness. Perhaps this will be the path which leads us to a more creative, unifying, and abundant form of living in a system which drowns people through an intense adherence to individualism/capitolism as a means of survival. The grind will not be the gateway to our deliverance, as it is the carrot of the game lifted before our eyes. Perhaps those of us who in our hearts, minds, and souls love the "Creator" should consider the power of commanality, the power of oneness, the true power of our desire to truely know G-d. To be honest theres a part of me that longs for the day when we can look beyond ourselves and see the power of sharing on an intimate and collective level. There is a certain unmatchable fulfillment in knowing that what you earn and produce will not only be for your own benefit but also the benefit of something bigger, something structured by a much greater power and principle than one's own individual self(personal needs) that flows into others. I don't know maybe its just me?
We destroy the beast by coming out of her(dis-embodying her principles) and establishing our(G-d's) own as individuals and as a people.
Peace&Blessings
