What Are Your Expectations?
One of the things that I began to notice whenever I would come into a house of worship is how the people interacted with one another. When you look in the gospel you see that whenever the people came into the temple for worship they would immediately be focused on prayer. It appeared that the expectation was to come before God in humility to show honor and reverence for Him because of who He was to them, and they knew that whatever they needed in their life whether peace, joy, or provision, it was available through Him. So their heart was set on worshipping the giver of all things out of a heart of love for the one who is the giver, lover, and sustainer of life. But today we have become so commercial in our gatherings that whenever we enter into our set place of worship it is more of a social gathering. People are not focused on quieting their spirit after the trip to the house of worship, therefore we don't see a posture of prayer, but rather an all out social gathering. It is mor...