I’ve always thought I knew what church is.
I thought it was listening to sermons, sitting in Sunday school, hearing lessons and walking out the door unchanged, unaffected and detached. It was about wearing nice clothes, eating doughnuts and chatting about meaningless things before going out to lunch and then home for a nap.
I was wrong.
This week I truly experienced church.
Training camp, while only 4 days in, has wrecked me out and redefined something I thought was easy, understood and obvious.
Church is community. Church is a group of people gathering together, seeking God and learning as a unit. It is working together to accomplish tasks. It is entering into the Lord’s presence. Being healed. Being set free. Walking away thinking. Changed. Speaking prayers over people. Participating. Hearing from God. Knowing He loves you.
Living in community, true community, even just a few days has changed the way I understand God’s presence and what church should be to its members.
My world is continuing to be wrecked out.
And this journey has only just begun………….
