MI DAILY DEVOTION
MONDAY
ONE WEEK WITHOUT “U” AT CHURCH MAKES ONE WEAK
(Exodus 20:8- 9) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9- Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
“Pastor, does worship has to be on Sundays, at church and traditional?” That was the question that was asked by my former church member in Subic, Zambales. Of course it does not have to be on Sundays, It could be done in a home and doesn’t have to be a traditional worship. I was surprise in a Bible study that I attended when one of the attendees asked the Bible study leader if those who worship with contemporary music really worship the Lord. She asked if they are giving honor to God because they’re using strings, drums and they’re not using hymn. You come to church not to be critical, negative and judgmental, but we must have a humble and worshipful heart. It’s sad because sometimes church becomes a nests for gossip, critical spirit, and negativity; instead of love, care, day of rest, comfort and worship. The word “Sabbath” and “Seventh” does not come from the same original word. The Hebrew for “Sabbath” is “Shabbath” meaning “Intermission” or “Cease… from work.” You may not know how much encouragement you gave us pastors when you showed up on Sundays for worship. In a way, worship is a string of breathing holes the Lord provides his people. Battered and bruised in a world frozen over with greed, selfishness, and hatred, we rise for air in church, a place to breathe again, to be loved and encouraged, until that day when the Lord forever shatters the ice cap. (Craig Brian Larson, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Leadership, Vol. 11, no 2)
The writer of the Book of Hebrews made his point for us to consider and exercise or put into practice: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25)
