I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
I remember a time some years ago when me and a friend of mine used to race each other to see who would call first after bible study or church. We would sit on the phone for hours and give each other a review of the sermon, the singing, and all the ways God moved in the service. We always spoke in a way that was positive and uplifting.
When our conversation would end, I would write about the service or call and share what happened in both services with a friend. In those days evangelism was easy. We didn't meet a person who we wouldn't share the word with. In those days it was the norm to find both of us with guests in church services. We wanted them to share in the joy that we were experiencing.
About five years ago, the conversations changed. All of a sudden the choir was off key, the music was too loud, and the sermon was just ok. Things that hadn't bothered us before began to shape our conversations. We were united in our unhappiness and because we each had the other we made one happily miserable pair.
I say happily miserable because Satan certainly rejoiced at the fact that he had both of us tearing down our help. How could he not be happy with changing our testimony? How could he not be happy that we had lost sight of the big picture? We had compartmentalized worship into things that man could do to tickle our fancy.
As time marched on, there were glimpses of the way we were. We would read a passage of scripture, have some new revelation, or experience with God. But we continued to cheat ourselves of what had us so happy in the first place. We forgot simply to focus on God. When we were so happy in the beginning, we never focused on the delivery of the pastor or the melody of the song. We spent hours and hours focused on the word. The word God sent in the beginning is the same word that He spoke to Moses, to Noah, to David, and to her and I. It did not change and cause us to be unhappy. Our line of sight changed. Misery remains only until we remember to look up.
Adayinthelife:-)
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