社群是… 树立好榜样
Cal记得当他还是一个小孩子时，他一家搬到距离他们教会很远的地方，在平日，由于路途遥远，他的家人很难接送他去参加他最喜欢的教会活动；教会有一位仁慈的男士，愿意在Cal有需要时送他回家，这人也是Cal在教会参加的男童会的导师。在野营时、或者一起开展各种不同的小工程时、或在回家的路程中，Cal记得这个人教导他的许多人生功课。除了他以外，还有其他教友也这样照顾Cal。
在他年幼时，若没有那些愿意投入精力在他生命中的人，Cal不能确定他今天会成为怎样的人；他们真的改变了他的生命，他们给他一个努力的目标，他们为他树立了他长大后可以效法的榜样。作为回报，现在Cal也为他的教会社群中的青少年树立了这样的榜样。他知道社群是多么重要的！
摩西担负起照顾约书亚的责任，他教导约书亚怎样带领以色列民；旧约圣经中有几卷书，都有记载他们交往的故事。摩西死后，约书亚已经准备好去承担领导以色列民的责任了。他们之间的关系很重要，它预备约书亚面对将来；对人有益处的社群关系，也能在我们身上产生同样的果效。
父啊，求你帮助我们明白，参与一个对周围的人有益处的社群，是何等重要。阿们。
申命记 34
1摩西从摩押平原登尼波山，上了那与耶利哥相对的毗斯迦山顶。耶和华把基列全地直到但，
2拿弗他利全地，以法莲、玛拿西的地，犹大全地直到西海，
3南地和棕树城耶利哥的平原，直到琐珥，都指给他看。
4耶和华对他说：“这就是我向亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓应许之地，说：‘我必将这地赐给你的后裔。’现在我使你眼睛看见了，你却不得过到那里去。”
5于是，耶和华的仆人摩西死在摩押地，正如耶和华所说的。
6耶和华将他埋葬在摩押地，伯毗珥对面的谷中，只是到今日没有人知道他的坟墓。
7摩西死的时候年一百二十岁，眼目没有昏花，精神没有衰败。
8以色列人在摩押平原为摩西哀哭了三十日，为摩西居丧哀哭的日子就满了。
9嫩的儿子约书亚因为摩西曾按手在他头上，就被智慧的灵充满，以色列人便听从他，照着耶和华吩咐摩西的行了。
10以后以色列中再没有兴起先知像摩西的，他是耶和华面对面所认识的。
11耶和华打发他在埃及地向法老和他的一切臣仆，并他的全地，行各样神迹奇事，
12又在以色列众人眼前显大能的手，行一切大而可畏的事。
Community Is . . . Role Modeling
"Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him." - Deuteronomy 34:9
Cal remembers when he was a kid and his family moved a long ways away from their church. The distance made it hard for his family to bring him to and from his favorite church activities during the week. A gentleman from church offered to bring Cal home whenever he needed a ride. This man was also a leader in the boys club that Cal had joined at the church. He remembers the life lessons that this man taught him along the way—while camping, working on different projects together, or just driving home. There were other church members who did similar things for Cal too.
Cal isn’t sure where he would be today if it weren’t for those people who invested in his life when he was younger. They literally changed his life and gave him something to aim for and imitate when he became an adult. Cal now gives back by being the same kind of role model to younger men in his church community. He knows how important community is!
Moses took Joshua under his wing and taught him about leading the people of Israel. In a few of the books of the Old Testament, there are stories about their interactions. After Moses died, Joshua was ready to take on the leadership that had been laid on him. That connection was important and prepared Joshua for his future. Positive community connections do the same for us.
Father, help us understand the importance of being a part of community for the benefit of those around us. Amen.
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