When the Church Gathers

Today is Sunday. Some call it the Lord's Day. Many will go to a building they call church, but the Church is actually Christians who have been scattered about all week and are meeting together in one place to worship God. That’s supposed to be why they come together. Have you thought about why this has been the practice of Christians for ages? God commanded the people to love him with all there heart, mind and soul. He said that his followers are to bow down to and worship no other God. His inspired word tells Christians that they are not to forsake the gathering of the saints. That’s right, if you are a Christian you are a saint! I know, a lot of us don’t act like it.

When the local body of saints gather the number one reason for their coming together should be to focus on God and worship him. A few actually do this. Some show up to get their hour of obedience in. Some come to see their friends, you know just for the fellowship. There are those who come angry looking for a fight. There are those who always show up because they have an important position of authority. They have to keep everyone in religious order. Some are gathering with the saints because they want to show off their lovely attire, their stunning figure, and their fabulous talent. There are many wrong reasons why people go to church.

Some of the saints have stopped coming because they have been hurt, are disgusted, don’t like the pastor or someone else that goes there, and may simply want to sleep in, or they have other activities they want to do.

But what about God our Father? Have we forgotten him? Has he become an afterthought for when the church gathers? What does God want us to do when the church gathers? Does he give us an absentee slip saying we are excused? Far be it from me to judge anyone, because I stopped going to church once myself. I wonder, how would we be affected is we the church gathered each Sunday with our minds totally fixed on Almighty God and we worshipped him in spirit and in truth forgetting all of the things that might interfere with our true worship?