PK’s
Corner
April 2014
Acts 17: “And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three
sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures,”
It’s that time of year
again. It is the time of year to prepare
to go to church. It seems for a vast
number of people attendance to church is a twice a year thing, with a few special
events added in. The crowds at Easter
and Christmas is often double, triple and even quadruple the number of people
that go to church on a weekly basis.
Why is that? When we read about Paul and the other
apostles we see that they are in worship as much as possible. The founder of Methodism, John Wesley,
worshiped as often as he could and encourages us to do the same, yet we have
this disparity of attendance throughout the year.
Using the excuse of work or no
time doesn’t really cut it because when you look at the sports arenas and other
venues of entertainment on the Lord’s day, you will see capacity crowds,
(granted there are exceptions like the White Sox and the Met’s games). Still why is it that people limit the amount
of time they are in God’s presence?
Our God is a God that desires to
be with us, and wants us to be with him.
He has made himself available through his son Jesus the Christ. But for whatever reason we seem to think of
worship as a burden.
Worship is a gift, gathering
together to discuss and learn and yes, argue over scripture is a gift that
Christ died to offer us. We are blessed
to be able to worship and gather in God’s name.
For those of you that worship
regularly, God bless you, you know of the blessing I am talking about. For those that are irregular in worship, try
it more often. Worship brings us
together in the presence of God, and we are lifted up while lifting up one
another.
Don’t let this Easter be one of
the two times you go to church. Make
worship of God your priority. I mean
after all you are God’s priority.
Amen
