Have you ever considered boycotting all sports? Perhaps you will want to stop attending football, baseball, and basketball games after considering this list:
- Every time I go to a game, they ask for money.
- The people I sit next to don’t seem friendly.
- The seats are too hard and not comfortable at all.
- I’ve been to many games, but the coach never came to visit me at home.
- The referees make decisions that I cannot agree with.
- Some games go into overtime, and it makes me late getting home.
- The band plays pieces that I’ve never heard, and they weren’t my style of music.
- It seems like games are always scheduled when I want to do other things.
- I often suspect that I’m sitting next to hypocrites; they come to see their friends and talk during the whole game.
- My parents took me to too many games when I was growing up.
- I hate to wait in the traffic jam in the parking lot after the game.
Silly, huh?
That is not going to keep me from something that I enjoy (maybe even love). Would it stop you?
However, don’t those “excuses” sound a lot like things people say about going to a church on Sundays?
We are more than willing to put up with inconveniences for things that we like. We roll with the punches – grin and bearing it.
BUT – worshiping the Creator, expressing our gratitude to Him, building relationships with those who can actually help us in life, discovering what is said to us by the One who created us, and passing along our faith often brings out the impatience in us. Why is that?
I will admit that there have been times when people have gotten on my nerves. I also will admit that I know that my faith and my worship are not based on nor dependent on people. My faith and worship is based on my relationship with God and my choice to live for Him.
This week, I challenge you to remember King David’s words in Psalm 122:1: “I rejoiced with those who said to me, ‘Let’s go to the house of the LORD.’” May that be our motivation and our goal. He deserves no less, and we definitely need it.
DrJayCook 