A lot of people think that being a Christian is all about going to church. Don't get me wrong, it's good to gather together to worship and grow with other people in learning more about God and His plan for us. But it shouldn't end there. Being a Christian, though, is much more than going to church, it's what you do with the rest of the week and how you live your life that really tells the story of what you believe in.
We should ask ourselves why we are going to church. If it is only to learn about God, sing a good worship song or meet up with our church-going friends, then perhaps what we have is more Theology than faith. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines Theology as "the study of religious faith, practice, and experience: the study of God and God's relation to the world."
Or what if we go to church, hear a good message but then don't apply it to our lives and grow? What if we just go about our daily life focusing on the things that fill up our days or on the things that we want to fill up our days? I guess you could say that instead of "Theology" it would be more like "Me-ology."
Maybe it would be better, instead, to hear the message, pray about it, and ask how it could help us to grow and help us to know how to make a difference in ours and in other people's lives. Maybe it would be even better if we focused more on the One who first loved us and less about the things we think we need. After all in Matthew 6:33, it tells us that in "seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, all these things (that we really need) will be added unto us. I believe we could call this "He-ology."
You see, if our focus is where it should be, being a Christian is less about going to church to hear a message and more about "being the church and living the message."
Something to think about, isn't it? What's your "-ology?
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