whose side are you on

Jesus wants us to worship him. Someone once said when you worship you are declaring “whose side you are on.” Jesus desires our worship, as it makes it clear to us what team we are on. The Jesus team. This simple fact is important as a statement as well as an act of personal faith.

In the “olden” days when I was a young child, it was an advantage to be connected to a church. People were expected to “go to church” in my community. It was good for social reasons and business reasons, as well as spiritual. Many banks would even require church membership before they would give out a loan!

My, how times have changed. Oh, it’s still good for social reasons and business reasons to be involved in a church. This is because active disciples make good friends and following Jesus’ way helps business success in the long run. Not a magic blessing but Jesus’ principles are just sound truth for healthy practice. But all of this is without the cultural approval for joining a church that was available a couple of generations ago.

When you look at the faces around you today at worship, you are looking at people who may be there for a variety of reasons. But there is one reason you know why they are not there. Societies expectations.