I've been realizing lately the different things that our culture buys into that are just completely pointless. People have relationships over the internet, we text more than we talk, rivalry between schools gets so bad that punches are thrown on basketball courts...I feel like people call themselves Christians but are not followers of Christ. We don't often truly look at how Christ lived and actually model our lives after it. If we did, we'd all be serving one another out of love.
God has been showing me that it's not about me. It's so much bigger than me. This past week I served at a Love Feast in downtown Grand Rapids. A group of people invite their community to a free meal on every Wednesday. All kinds of people come to these Love Feasts...homeless, those with huge families, middle class, poor, broken, hurting...And this group of people just brings the joy of Christ into the room. They are just overflowing with joy as they serve these people and pray for them and build relationships with them. After the meal, they invite everyone to stay for worship if they'd like. Unfortunately we didn't get to stay for all of worship, but the part that I did stay for was just amazing. It was just so pure and genuine. They were truly worshiping from their hearts. What I realized that night is that the songs weren't the only part of the worship. The whole night was worship. It was worship as they joyfully served each other in brotherly love. It was worship as they prayed for each other. It was worship as they cleaned the dishes and picked up the chairs. Because it was all done for the glory of God. It was what every day should look like for me. Like a song that I'm listening to right now: "My God, I am not, but You are". It's not about me. It's about Him.
I wish everybody could see that.
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