Moving Out To Worship in a New Place
I am wondering how the Israelites were feeling when they were about to exit Egypt. Did they reminisce about their lives in Egypt for the past decades, not to mention four centuries had passed? How much longsufferings and lamentations they must have cried to their God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when they were made slaves?
I am wondering how the Israelites were feeling when they were about to exit Egypt. Did they reminisce about their lives in Egypt for the past decades, not to mention four centuries had passed? How much longsuffering and lamentation they must have cried to their God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when they were made slaves? Were the Israelites ready to leave Egypt for a new place? Have you ever wondered if you would be courageous enough to walk out of a very depressive but familiar environment to a new place? Is it easier to be in a comfort zone than to venture out to a new, unfamiliar, uncertain environment?
This coming Sunday (August 17th), are we ready to go to a new church location to worship God? Will we be able to adapt ourselves and exit our comfort zone (familiar surroundings) to worship God? Well, we must remember our true worship is no longer defined by any exact physical site. The altar of worship is in our heart. When we worship, we need to be sure that the holy Presence of God is there. If He is not there, no matter how glamorous the building is, it is a dead church. We carry the Presence of God with us, and when we worship Him, we worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
This coming Sunday, it is not about a new place of worship, but we, the people of God, must cry to God to create a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us so that we continue to bring the Presence of God with us to be where He is, and there we worship Him—King of Kings and Lord of Lords. To God be the glory!
A House of Blessings to All Nations
Rev Leslie Lim
