Holy Lego Bricks

Legos are awesome.  With a little imagination and a bucket full of plastic interlocking bricks, anything is possible.  But Legos are no fun individually.  One brick does not create a space ship or a dinosaur or a car.  Legos are best used in large quantities.

I believe we as Christians are “Holy Lego Bricks”.  In isolation, we cannot be a part of God’s kingdom on earth.  Together we can be built into a massive structure that is God’s design. 

We are relational beings and intended for community.  Yet one of the inherent dangers of us coming together like Legos is that we tend to build fortresses that keep Christians together and keep others out.  As “Holy Lego Bricks” we need to focus on being bridges and off-shoots that reach into the world.  We are still connected to other Christians who encourage and challenge us, but we are reaching beyond our own needs to love the people of this world.  God’s design is so much grander than a few Lego castles.  I believe it’s more like a network of bricks that spread in all directions while staying attached to one another and the green Lego Base (of which I will take the liberty to call God).

And just as a new creation sometimes requires dismantling an older structure for parts, so God will move His “bricks” around to better build His Kingdom.

With this new-found "Lego knowledge", I’m pondering where I am in God’s Lego Kingdom—am I safely tucked away in a wall of a fortress, at the top of a high tower far away from the Base, branching out from the structure, or sitting off by myself unattached?  Where are you?