Day Thirty One: Seeking God in The Midst of a Storm
I had a lot of time last week to reflect on why I am a Christian and what I believe. I do think that is it important, especially during Holy Week to do this type of reflection. There are many that have become too complacent with their belief. I know I have. All my life I have gone to church. It was a given for me. I expected certain things but never really explored what would happen if these things were taken away from me. I am admittedly stubborn and hate change in worship. It has been a very huge adjustment for me not to be able to go to church. I know what you are going to say. "God is everywhere. You don't need to go to church to worship him."
Yet I am still aching to go to church. It is not the same to worship him remotely, yet I've had to do it. I find myself feeling as David must have felt when he penned Psalms 63. The first verse definitely speaks to me. It reads: "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;"(KJV) I do. It is in church that I feed on his word and the fellowship of other believers. Church is not just a building where people meet. It is in its truest form a place where people can find God. You know that I have wept over those who have no refuge now with the closing of the churches. The word has been closed to them for almost a month now. Some are definitely feeling that God is not there.
Seeking God in the midst of a storm is normal. It is in the midst of a storm we need him the most. I am reminded "that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us;" Acts 17:27 (KJV). Church to me is that one place that you can learn more about God. It is that stable environment that I crave. I can't really explain this need to be in the house of God, instead of online. Some of you are feeling the same, but probably hate to admit it to anyone.
One good thing has happened this past month. I started this blog that has helped me focus on God's word. I hope that this blog has helped you too. I haven't decided if I'll continue this blog once the churches are open again. I'm letting the Lord guide me.
Yet I am still aching to go to church. It is not the same to worship him remotely, yet I've had to do it. I find myself feeling as David must have felt when he penned Psalms 63. The first verse definitely speaks to me. It reads: "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;"(KJV) I do. It is in church that I feed on his word and the fellowship of other believers. Church is not just a building where people meet. It is in its truest form a place where people can find God. You know that I have wept over those who have no refuge now with the closing of the churches. The word has been closed to them for almost a month now. Some are definitely feeling that God is not there.
Seeking God in the midst of a storm is normal. It is in the midst of a storm we need him the most. I am reminded "that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us;" Acts 17:27 (KJV). Church to me is that one place that you can learn more about God. It is that stable environment that I crave. I can't really explain this need to be in the house of God, instead of online. Some of you are feeling the same, but probably hate to admit it to anyone.
One good thing has happened this past month. I started this blog that has helped me focus on God's word. I hope that this blog has helped you too. I haven't decided if I'll continue this blog once the churches are open again. I'm letting the Lord guide me.
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