Prophecy

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Just another Job
Shared by Patricia Backora, author of the book
Tough Love in Christ's Millennium
Which you can order online from: http://www.publishamerica.com
Revelation 2:4

So many times it is I Who actually feel like the “odd man out” in church services. I feel like just another task to get out of the way on people’s weekly schedules. I see how people file into the sanctuary, chitchatting with one another over the weather, sports, fashion, and making small talk about trivial things and mutual acquaintances. Sometimes it is a real task for that one overworked and under-appreciated member of my Body, the pastor, to restore order and get the congregation in the mood for praise choruses to warm them up for the more reflective worship songs. And once the benediction is prayed, “church” is over and the gossip fest immediately takes up where it left off.

I read the minds of many saints whose minds are far, far away as they sing. One woman worries about her roast simmering in the oven. Will it be all dried out because she left it in too long? I see a man hoping his favorite sports team will win the big game of the season. A young girl frets over whether some young man likes her or not, and she passes notes to her friend sitting next to her, as if it couldn’t wait till the short service is over!. And, most heartrending of all, a man or woman so deeply burdened by bills or a family breakup in the making, they find it nearly impossible to sing out of their heavy-laden hearts.

The biggest misconception about the word “church” is that it is something you go to, like the theater or a ball game, rather than something you are, a family of brothers and sisters united in the Spirit of the Love of Christ. Church-going is not to be viewed as a duty you must carry out at intervals, like going to a job or PTA meeting. The fellowship of the Body of Christ is there to benefit you and build you up; and you, in turn, can supply that measure of the ministry of Christ lacking in other people’s lives.

When you gather together, let it be a love tryst between you and Christ, your Beloved Bridegroom.

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