Lives of Worship

It’s good to go to church. It’s good to want to go. It’s good to enjoy yourself at church. It’s good to love the music. It’s good to focus on the sermon. There are all good things, but they are not the only things. Those who only focus on such things really miss the whole point.

We go to church as an act of worship to God. It should only be one of many acts of worship we commit throughout our lives. We shouldn’t just go because we like it, or because the music is amazing. Our enjoyment of those things should all come out of our life being an act of worship. It’s part of the difference between being someone who knows all the steps to take to look a Christian, and someone who really is a Christian.

Notebooks full of sermon notes are useless when not combined with a life filled with application. It doesn’t matter how many worship cds we have if you’re listening to them while cussing your head off at that other driver. We need to be more than just hearers of the word, but doers of the word. We need to go to church remembering that we are fallen, and we have to change. We have to become more like Christ, and learn to walk in His ways.

God isn’t impressed by us showing up at church to entertain ourselves. He’s impressed by those who actively work to make themselves more like Him. Keep enjoying church, but remember that you’re not there just for yourself. You’re there to worship the God who loves you, who created you, who sent His son to die for you, who rescued you from eternal death, and who now resides in your soul. Accept grace, and thank Him for it by making sure you are doers of the word, and not just hearers.