Throwing a Fit

James 4:1-3 (NKJV) Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

It is the picture of a childish tantrum-children of God fighting over matters within the church. Do I think the carpet should be red, the hymnbooks blue, or the emergency fund larger? Why? Is it God?s glory that I seek? Is the service too slow, the song selection too modern, or the preaching too dry? Who am I to judge? Perhaps I should concern myself with weightier, more personal questions. Am I willing to put aside my preferences regarding church decor in favor of encouraging peace, love and unity? Am I able to take responsibility for worshipping God during the service, regardless of the songs or sermon? The church does not exist to serve me, but I exist to serve within the church. The church does not exist to honor me, but to honor God. As long as the church does not dishonor God, who am I to argue that my wishes be heeded? So much of what is argued about is petty and pointless. And so often because we simply lose sight of Who is Lord, and Whose church it is.

Have A Blessed day