It's Monday... Sunday just said good-bye, and I'm thinking about the benefits of belonging to a group of people like my own church family (Christwalk). Benefits... like knowing you're not alone in a situation, or crisis. Like being warmed on the inside after a few days of cold, harsh treatment in the 'outside' world. Like... the satisfaction of walking through life TOGETHER with others. There really are some great benefits to belonging to a church family. It makes me question 'Why in the world do people NOT want to be a part of a good church?'
We all know we can't make it all alone. We all know that there is a way to believe and live that is more 'right' and better, than others. We all know that, in the end, it's not all our fun stuff that will bring us comfort, but our heart turned in the right direction. Yet, isn't it sometimes a struggle just to make ourselves DO the right things. Why does reading God's Word sometime seem to be a hardship. How can quietly communicating with God in prayer be such a battle? Why would spending an hour or so with others in worship seem to be a drudgery? The answer is a simple one that we may not want to hear... the truth is... there is a spiritual battle taking place for our soul. Believe it... God loves you... his Enemy hates you... and in THIS world, the Enemy has a pretty big advantage. The advantage has to do with the physical container in which our soul and spirit are housed. It is flesh. It loves pleasure and runs from anything requiring discipline. Are we willing to get past the "flesh" in order to experience better things?
OK... I guess that's enough for a Monday morning. I hope you have a great week!!
JC
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