Have you ever gone to church and think that you took a wrong turn and wound up at the country club instead? I’m not trying to run down dressing nice or church programs that develop Christians for service. However, there seems to be a mentality of “what am I going to get out of going to a church” out there.
The last time I checked “big church” was called a worship service. This means that we are coming together as believers to celebrate the almighty God of the universe. It is our chance to give a little back to Him out of the bountiful gifts that he has given us in acknowledgment of all of who He is and what He has done for us. Don’t get me wrong…God doesn’t need us to tell Him that He is great…we need these times to reminded of His greatness and His plans for us.
So, going to worship isn’t about how nice we look, what type of car we drive, or what types of church programs we lead. It is acknowledging how great God is and learning how we can allow Him to make us more like Christ…and lest we forget, Christ was welcomed to the world by dirty, raggedy shepherds (Luke 2:8-20), recruited a tax collector (Mark 2:14…tax collectors were hated back in the day), and saved a repentant criminal while on the cross (Luke 23:40-43). So let us think twice before we judge people for their wardrobe or their church attendance. Let us come instead to focus of the God that is the great Savior of our souls.
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