Here is yet another post that I began some time ago, but never finished. Here’s what I wrote a couple weeks ago:
Do you ever wonder why the church does the things that does? Do you ever wonder if we’re doing it right or wrong?
Some of these thoughts have been passing through my mind for the past several months and I can’t seem to shake them. For the longest time I was on another kick that was almost the complete opposite of where I am now. I pushed and pushed to try to get more “spiritual meat” into our church meetings. I was tired of the same old stories and the same old fellowship, I wanted to learn about deeper things…and now, it’s not that I don’t want to learn those things, but it’s that I’m beginning to see that it’s not the church I have to blame for not teaching me, it’s myself.
There is great power in a community of people who are like minded. People who all want to grow will push each other, encourage one another, and inspire each other to move forward. The problem is that we have to jump through so many hoops and follow so many rules that are “the church” that we can’t ever really get there.
All I want is for the barriers to be broken down and for God’s people to come together. nothing more…no amazing worship band, no preacher, no boundaries. Just us and Him.
Fitting just perfectly with this post, this is part of the passage I read tonight in my devotions, found in Acts 2:43-47:
“A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. And all the believers met together constantly and shared everything they had. They sold their possessions and shared the proceeds with those in need. They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity–all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their group those who were being saved.”
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