Have you stopped coming to worship services due to “pandemic drift”? It’s like what happens when you are swimming in the ocean and the waves and current are pushing you around. You may not realize it, but you are slowly moving down the beach and drifting away from where you first started. Fortunately, the COVID pandemic has made it easier for us to watch worship services online, but unfortunately, at times, the Christian life can often be like swimming in the ocean.
As Christians, we typically start on the right path and have a strong desire to serve and worship God, but some realize that their Christian lifestyle may be going against the current of the culture around them. They begin to question their faith, are rarely reading the Bible, and next thing you know it has been a couple weeks since they have attended church.
Hebrews 10:24-25 “And let us consider how we may spur one another toward love and good deeds, 25not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”.
As members of the Church of Christ we believe strongly in the practice of coming together to worship the first day of each week. We gather
together to not only sing songs of praise, to hear the Word preached and to take communion together, but to fellowship with other believers and to strengthen one another in the Lord.
Attending church weekly is a vital part of our Christian walk, but our worship to God should not just be at 11:00 AM on Sunday mornings. Worship should also come through in our thoughts, our actions and through the words we speak.
As you go throughout this week, realize that you are either going to align with the culture around you or with Christ. If you are not intentional about staying aligned with Christ, you will drift further away from the life He wants for you. Come to church to be encouraged and to be an encouragement to others especially “all the more as you see the Day approaching”.
