Today is Sunday
I really miss not being able to go to church today. Sundays, while extremely exhausting with three services and evening rehearsals, are one of the things I look forward to each week. Joining together with hundreds of fellow believers as we lift up and proclaim the name of Jesus Christ. Since I have been sidelined for today, and possibly the next few days, I decided to search through the blogosphere, twitterverse and social networking sites to see what people do on Sundays.
Most of my ministry friends have been pretty silent so far today. Probably because this is their busiest day of the week. Most of my Christian friends are also silent, but some are tossing in a few scripture verses or short status updates about going to church. But most of the rest of the world is in their Sunday morning mode: asleep or talking about sports.
We focus so much time and energy on things that are for self gratification: eating, sleeping, sports, leisure activities, etc. It seems that we work our way through the hectic and often hated weekdays so that we can spend our weekend doing what we want. After all, we must deserve some little self gratification after putting up with those employees, costumers, and bosses, right?
This is where God's ways stand out as being so much different then ours. The Bible teaches us that we are supposed to work six days of the week and spend the seventh day with God. We were not put here on earth for a short 75 years just so we can work and play. But that is what the vast majority of our world does.
King Solomon shared his wisdom with us, so that we would not have to waste our time and energy trying to determine what is the good and right thing to do. "I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind." Ecclesiastes 1:14 (NIV). So if everything under the sun is meaningless, then what has meaning? God!
Solomon continued, "for without him [God], who can eat or find enjoyment? To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over [to another]." Ecclesiastes 2:25b-26a (NIV).
Hope that you can find time for God in your life. "Without Him I would be nothing. Without Him I'd surely fail. Without Him I would be drifting, like a ship without a sail." (Without Him by Mylon LeFevre)
Most of my ministry friends have been pretty silent so far today. Probably because this is their busiest day of the week. Most of my Christian friends are also silent, but some are tossing in a few scripture verses or short status updates about going to church. But most of the rest of the world is in their Sunday morning mode: asleep or talking about sports.
We focus so much time and energy on things that are for self gratification: eating, sleeping, sports, leisure activities, etc. It seems that we work our way through the hectic and often hated weekdays so that we can spend our weekend doing what we want. After all, we must deserve some little self gratification after putting up with those employees, costumers, and bosses, right?
This is where God's ways stand out as being so much different then ours. The Bible teaches us that we are supposed to work six days of the week and spend the seventh day with God. We were not put here on earth for a short 75 years just so we can work and play. But that is what the vast majority of our world does.
King Solomon shared his wisdom with us, so that we would not have to waste our time and energy trying to determine what is the good and right thing to do. "I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind." Ecclesiastes 1:14 (NIV). So if everything under the sun is meaningless, then what has meaning? God!
Solomon continued, "for without him [God], who can eat or find enjoyment? To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over [to another]." Ecclesiastes 2:25b-26a (NIV).
Hope that you can find time for God in your life. "Without Him I would be nothing. Without Him I'd surely fail. Without Him I would be drifting, like a ship without a sail." (Without Him by Mylon LeFevre)
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