The voice in me

Yes why do I want to be part of a church? Maybe because I was raised in a family that was strict on church business. So now I have it ingrained in me that Sundays I must go to church. Or so that I find a group to be identified with when asked. Maybe to find an additional activity for the week for my mental health?

The reason why you want something can somehow influence where you put value to the thing in question . If I want to go to church meerly as routine, I may not exactly put much thought about the whole thing. To me the importance is attendance, whatever I will see or hear is merely an afterthought. But the fact that I have marked the register well, I will be good to go. If I want to attend church for keeping appearances, social acceptance etc, believe you me, the goal will be to look my best, sound my best, be my best in every single detail. But as to the happenings, it’s just part of the show.

What really then would be a good answer as to why I should be part of the church.

There is no better answer than to put myself in line with the church’s God given purpose to begin with.

In the good book. The church is often referred to as the body of Christ, or as the bride of Christ. Funny enough when they spoke of it as the body of Christ it was in reference of how the human body has different parts with different uses, all equally important but can’t function separately. When referred to as the bride, it was in reference with the bride being prepared to for the groom. And Frankly speaking no matter how ordinary looking one is but when it comes to the wedding day every bride is an angel. So in essence the bride being perfected to be without spot or blemish but perfect for the groom.

Being a Christian then means becoming part of this body where you have your own role to play, to be purified and worked on to bring out the best in you. But it not being about you alone, it being about us all working together.

If your reason for finding a church are still about you. Then know that you may never find the right church.

Cheers!