He told me to tell you that
Iwent to a community worship service at First Presbyterian Church last week (BTW, they are great hosts). It was World Day of Prayer and the focus was relationships with others outside of our culture and stewardship of our environment.
I’m not a tree hugger but I get it. We have created a lot of problems on our planet and we have to do better. God gave us this place to take care of and it brings the Father glory when we are obedient.
God says, “Iron sharpen iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17). I always feel sharper after I sit and worship with my brothers and sisters from the Baptist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Lutheran churches. After these events I often wonder why we don’t do this every week. I think when we get to Heaven God is going to be shaking His head a lot at how we separated ourselves from each other.
There was a downside— the Presbyterian pastor who served as moderator has what I call a great “preacher voice” (he probably belongs on the radio). He was a stumbling block to me because I’m jealous of guys that have that kind of a commanding, booming voice (just kidding, not really, I‘m jealous but in a good way and I’m going to be okay, ha).
Not only were there great protestants and evangelicals in the building but so was the Holy Spirit. As my favorite vicar read a confessional prayer I was under conviction. Anytime we open God’s Word we have to ask, “Okay, now what?”
What I’m saying is God was asking me, “Kenny (God always calls me Kenny, He’s family you know), what’s your part on this planet?” This is one of the real problems we have in all of our churches, not many are asking, “Okay, now what?”
I’m afraid we have become passive listeners (we can’t leave the way we came, if we are not changed, maybe we should have just stayed home), our minds drift as we sit in what we call church services.
We re-live Jackson Perry’s pick-six, we wonder how many more state championships Coach Miller has up his sleeves and then as it gets close to the end of the sermon we start to dream about Corona’s green sauce.
Okay, I’m digressing and now I’m hungry. My point is the preachers do their part as they instruct us on how to live and as we exit we need to be ready to do our part (James 1:22, hear and do).
He told me to tell you that.
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