Reflecting on religion verses relationship. Listened to a guy talking about this---it was about the fact that many people go to church and have a religion and are basically in a virtual reality. --playing at but not having the reality! It is a form of relationship without God---a relationship that denies the power thereof----a form of godliness without the power of God in it.
I need to examine my life to make sure that I am listening to God and that I am doing what He wants---living in that dynamic relationship and allowing Him to form His image in me (see post below). Need to make sure I am not just playing in a virtual reality, but that I am responding to what he tells me to do. I can't conform my life to this culture, or even the church's culture but to Christ.
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Amen! I think it can be easy to get off track and start being in a virtual reality. We need to read His word every day and pray without ceasing and listen to our maker!
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I second that Amen! Everynight when I go to bed I think of how my walk was with the Lord, and you know, sometime its just not what it needs to be. I agree with Sharon we need to read the Bible daily and pray!I want my walk to be so much better!
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It is so easy for the churches as well as ourselves to start being in a virtual reality... sometimes churches are so busy touting that they are all about relationships and not religion that they lose God in the mix somehow...
ReplyDeleteI appreciate this post as a reminder to always keep my eye on God and seek to do his will...