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You Are Going To Church
It was a Sunday morning in 2005 at about 7:45 a.m. I had gone to a church a couple of times in January and here it is about 6 months later when standing at my stove that Sunday morning fixing myself some breakfast when I heard the Lord speak.
He said "You are going to church this morning.".
It didn't seem as a question nor as a demand. It seemed like the Lord was just making a statement.
I replied, "Who me?".
"Yes, arent you the one that just this past Wednesday asked me to do something for you that was going to require a miracle?"
I replied, "Yes but"
"And here just 4 days later you won't even go to church and worship me?"
I said "Lord, you know the traditional service starts at 8:30 a.m."
"I know" He replies.
"And you know I really don't like the contemporary service"
"I Know"
"Lord, It is almost 7:50 now, I am just cooking breakfast, I am going to eat breakfast."
"Okay" He replied
"And I still have to take a shower"
"Okay"
"And I need to shave"
"Okay" said God
"Then get dressed and it takes at least 15 minutes to get to church and You know I don't want to go in late."
He replies "I know, but you are going to church aren't you?"
"Lord, I don't have time"
Again He said "but you are going to church aren't you?"
I finally told the Lord, "Lord, yes, I will eat my breakfast, get ready and if by chance I make it on time I will go to church"
and I thought to myself (as if the Lord couldn't hear) "I'm not going to break my neck getting there either" and by now it was 8 a.m.
I didn't just poke along as I ate breakfast nor did I rush. The same held true with the shower, shaving, dressing and driving to church.
I made it to church with 5 minutes to spare.
God truly did multiply my time.
The very next Sunday, I didn't go to church and I didn't hear from God. Perhaps He spoke but I didn't hear Him. There was nothing earth shattering that morning at church so just why was it that God insisted on me going to church?
It sure wasn't so that I could show God how obedient I am willing to be for 2 reasons.
1 - I wasn't being obedient and
2 - I can't show God anything cuz He already knows everything.
This had to be to show me something, not God.
I guess that once again He was showing me that I can count on Him for anything and He is even willing to bend the rules of physics for me if only I will allow Him.
And what I was showing myself is that even if I ask God to do something for me, I am not willing to give anything in return.
Sure, I did go to church that morning but look at what that meant.
That was God showing me that He is able and willing to take care of my request from a few days earlier. God was doing that for me.
I wasn't going to church for God's sake but for my own and on this Sunday, God was telling me something very special. It is just too bad I didn't even try to listen, much less understand His love for me and the message that He showed me.
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