Don't feel like it...?

Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Don’t Feel Like It…? This morning I woke up to the sound of my alarm screaming at me, and knew it was time to get out of bed. It was so warm under my covers. My pillow was so soft. I’ve got this amazing fuzzy blanket I got for Christmas, and it felt incredible. The sun isn’t even up yet, so I sure didn’t feel like being up either. But I got up anyway.
A couple of weeks ago I didn’t feel well at all when it came time to go jump on the bus that afternoon. I had a headache that was beating me down. Climbing aboard a busload of 65 students all having conversations at elevated noise levels didn’t exactly appeal to me all that much. I didn’t feel like walking out the door of my comfortable home to go drive them all home from school. But I did it anyway.
A strange thing always happens at around this time each year. The IRS seems to expect us to start writing checks and filling out tax forms. It’s this time annually that we get to make sure we’ve paid our government enough for the privilege of living under their rule. The majority of the time I have to pay more than I already have for the year thus far. The crazy thing is: I don’t usually ever feel like paying the IRS my tax debt. But I do it anyway.
I’ll be very honest with you: there are times I don’t feel like doing a lot of things. There are times when I feel like just staying home, pulling the covers over my head, and closing my eyes until the sun comes out and the birds are singing again. All of us live our lives not based on what we feel like doing, but rather what we sometimes just must do anyway. We aren’t small children anymore, and our feelings can’t be the deciding factor when it comes to decisions in our life. That’s just part of growing up, isn’t it?
Yet why is it that so often when folks bring up the topic of church things are so much different? I’m not trying to be negative today, but can we just be honest for a moment? If we applied the same excuses to our jobs, or other life responsibilities, as we do to church attendance/involvement – what would our life look like? And yet God says clearly that church is important. He even tells us not to “forsake the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some are, but all the more as we see the DAY approaching…”
Translation: don’t put of going to church. Don’t make excuses for your decision not to assemble together with your fellow believers to worship the One who died for you on Calvary. Don’t put off serving the Lord in His Church. But on the contrary, find even MORE opportunities to serve Him there, and to gather there, and to be involved there – since the DAY of His return is so close.
Our relationship with Christ is far too important to base on our feelings. I didn’t feel like writing this morning, but I did it anyway. Serve Him today, and tomorrow, and the next…whether you feel like it or not.



That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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