Thursday, September 29, 2016

Casualness and The Lord

I was meeting with Bob Rasmussen this week to catch up with each other.  We shared about what was going on in our lives and ministry.  What I enjoyed was that it was a surface conversation, but connecting on a real personal level.

During the conversation we also talked about "church" and what was taking place in many of the churches we have been to and observed.  We saw how casual we have become when it comes to gathering together for worship.  Many times when the worship begins there are more people on stage leading in worship than there are worshippers in the audience.  We kind of mosey into service as we would rather visit with friends we may not have seen for awhile. Now don't get me wrong we should interact with people prior to and after the service.  However, we are so casual we basically say, "The Lord can wait."

Ecclesiastes 5:1-2, "Walk prudently when you go into the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil. Do not be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth, therefore let your words be few."

When we come to "church" we are to be reverent understanding we enter Holy Ground.  We call the meeting room often a sanctuary - that which is set apart - a holy place for the Lord. Are we entering  understanding this?  When we come do we understand we are not the Lord's peer?

Am I giving the sacrifice of a fool?  I pray that we enter we draw near to listen with reverence because He is worthy.





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