+DEV+ Changing the Routine

Date: October 4, 2010 10:08 PM
Topic: +DEV+ Changing the Routine

Changing the Routine

"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching" (Hebrews 10:25).
Scripture Focus: Psalm 122

When my wife and I married, we moved to a new state where we became members of a different church family. The transition was difficult. The hardest part of joining with a new body of believers was just that-it was different.

I knew I needed to attend church, but something inside kept me from welcoming this new change in my spiritual life. For several months I set my jaw and went to church out of obligation and routine.

Routine isn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, our God is a God of order and not chaos, and a well-established routine can bring about order and peace.

The same can be said of using routine to develop our relationships with God. God commands us to go to church so that we can learn about Him and how He is working in the lives of other Christians. Going to church out of habit still gives us an opportunity to spend time with God. His grace abounds though our hearts are defiant. We must not give up meeting together with others, even if it means the routine has to change a little bit.

Insight: Do you tend to stick to a routine? How do you develop your relationship with God? Do you ever feel like church is a habit?