Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Reason to Go

I came across 2 verses recently and it caused me to ask a question.  So first let me pose the question.  Why does your physical form cross the door frames of a church building?  Psalms 48:9-10 "O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your temple.  As your name deserves, O God, you will be praised to the ends of the earth.  Your strong hand is filled with victory."  One of the busiest times for churches aka Easter just happened.  It's essentially Wrestlemaina for Christians.  We have a savior Jesus Christ who was crucified, buried and rose from the dead.  He did it to save us from our sins.  The first verse there says "We meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your temple."  A lot of people will go to Easter or Christmas services and never again but look at this.  Hebrews 10:25 "And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of His return is drawing near."  Sure you can say you can worship God anywhere and you can but are you committed to being in his house meditating on his unfailing love and praising His name as he deserves?  By being in church you learn from God's word and praise him with other believers plus you're making a stand.  You are also drawing closer to God.  You are also part of the body of Christ.  So echo the words of Joshua.  "But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord."  Don't go to church because you have to out of compulsion go because you want to meditate on God's unfailing love!  

Every once in a while my dad or someone will ask about the songs I post with the blog.  I know my taste in music may differ from others.  I try to pick ones appropriate for the posting.
The first song here is Cross of Gold by Michael W. Smith.  See much like church you can go and still not be changed by God.  The songs asks "Why do you wear your cross of Gold?"  Anybody can wear a cross around their neck but it means nothing till God changes your life.  


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