What is church to you

 

What is church to you..? Really, have you ever thought about it? What makes "church" for you? Good preacher or speaker? Good music with cool lights and video? If you lost that would you still go? After encountering what I encountered tonight on the back patio of our house and witnessing the things I have seen in the church my team is working with in Corbano, I have to question what "church" really is to me. To me church has always been a place of comfort and peace. A place where you go to sing songs, hear a message, and fellowship with one another.

Now that I have decided to take comfort out of the equation! What is "church" to me?

Church to me now is a group of people gathered for the cause of praising God. On a back patio or an old concrete and tin building, it has nothing to do with my comfort, but everything to do with praising God. I tend to think... a lot... that if I am going to do something for God, He should make the way well lit and comfortable. WAKE UP CALL for me and every other Christian! We chose and were chosen to take the hard road. It is not about us anymore, it is about Him, and if He chooses to make our road harder to show how much he can overcome it then so be it. We are called to listen and go, not to question.

Now that I can't sing the songs I know and understand the messages! What is "church" to me?

It doesn't matter if I know or understand every single thing that is going on around me. As long as I know that we are both worshiping the same God, He will grant me all understanding I need to know. When it comes down to it we all have a unique voice that God has given us. We all have a unique way, wither we know it or not, to worship God. He desires and intimate relationship with me, a relationship that will more then likely look nothing like your relationship with Him. So why should all of the sudden my worship to Him change because the song that is playing isn't, "Our God is greater, our God is stronger..."? Worship isn't a song, it is you communicating to God your love, thanksgiving, adoration, and appreciation to Him for just being who He is. Literally, right now as I am typing this one of my squad mates is on the roof of our house singing out to God. Just her, God, and her heart crying out to him... That is genuine, raw, real, and uncut worship to me.

So I'll ask the question again, what is church to you?