Psalm 84:4~ Blessed are they that dwell in thy House: they will still be praising Thee. Selah
My hearts desire is to dwell in the House of God all my days. I never want to stop going to church. It is that important to me. I want to see my children grow and adopt this statute for themselves.
Blessed are they that dwell in the house for they will still be praising Thee.
This verse doesn't say....Blessed are they who attend __________. For they will still be praising Thee. It says they who dwell in Thy House.
I think that God has a church home for everyone. A particular place He wants everyone to serve. Sometimes I think we put God in our Baptist Box and think He can only work and move in a Baptist church.
When seeking a church to attend, you need to actively seek His face on the matter. I have no doubt that He will lead you to the right church. If He can lead the Isrealites through a desert, He can lead you to your church. He may not use pillar of fire or a cloud, but He WILL make it clear where you should go.
He will not lead you to a church with teaching of doctrinal issues that are false. I think you should be cautious to watch for doctrinal errors. I believe this with my WHOLE HEART.
Now that being said, there are a number of grey areas that aren't clear in the Bible. And I think this is where we put God in a box. So YOUR personal preferences aren't the same as mine, but that doesn't mean that where God leads me isn't right for me and vice versa.
Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house: for they will still be praising thee.
That doesn't mean that the church God leads you will be perfect. You are not perfect, I am not perfect so our church cannot be perfect. But (in my opinion) it should be a place that you feel welcome and loved. Even if you have been gone a couple weeks, people shouldn't treat you like an outsider or a visitor, or make snide remarks about your absence, which so often happens. I know that I will be more conscientious about making people just feel welcome no matter how long they have been gone or why they haven't been there. Sometimes you don't know their situation or the whole story, and many times, no one bothers to ask.
I don't know what God has in the future for my Family. Maybe He will move us to Timbuktu or to the other side of town. But I know that I am content where God has me right now. Maybe that's b/c there isn't much I can do about it, and I choose to be, happy.... content...... OK?? where God has me at this time. The other choice I have is to be bitter about it? To me there isn't a point in that.
Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house for they will still be praising Thee.
Today, I choose to go to church b/c I want to. Not b/c MAN tells me that I have to go or else you are obviously backsliding. Not b/c I have to be at church everytime the doors are open (I still haven't come across that verse in my Bible reading) but b/c I want to be there. I choose to go to church b/c I love church with all it's flaws. B/c I am not perfect and God loves me flaws and all.
Blessed are they that dwell in Thy House for they will still be praising Thee.
2 comments:
YOu don't even have to ask if I agree.
I say, Amen.
(that is all - my first comment was a mini book, but the comment crashed so I am taking that as a sigh from God)
I agree so much. We are so thankful that we have finally found the place God wants our little family, and we feel so welcomed and loved! I haven't experienced that in so very long!
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