Irregular

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