Is this really what it takes? Is spending a year of my life traveling around the world doing mission work what it take for me to be, or feel, closer to God?
Almost three years ago I started attending a new church. With that were a group of young adults who were as passionate as I was about Christ. There is no doubt there were many with this same passionate love for Christ at my previous church, so what was the reason for this move? I had begun to love everyone at my previous church as my own family which made the decision to leave much more difficult. The deciding factor was when I felt like I had grown as much as I could where I was at. I felt like I was at that same place when I first came to know Him. I have come to realize I am the only one who can hinder my walk with Christ. When I made the move to a new church nothing was really different. Of course it was a bigger building, a lot more people, and the worship music was a little more contemporary than I was used to, but was this anything that could draw me closer to God? What is a bigger building to God when the Earth serves as His footstool? Do numbers really matter when God says He is present when two or three are gathered together in His name? Does the sound of the music in our ears change the sounds of praise in His? Only one person can keep me from drawing closer to God. That person is me! Who (or what) is keeping you from being closer to God?
