https://odb.org/MY/2021/12/01/someone-may-need-you
Before the lockdowns and partial lockdowns imposed due to the pandemic, there were some who professed the faith and yet refused to attend church. There could be a variety of reasons including golf or cycling on a Sunday morning or just wanting to chill during the weekend after a long work week etc. The pandemic sort of made these reasons superfluous as the lockdowns didn’t allow golf or cycling and church can now be attended from the comforts of one’s home. Not only that, we can now attend any church service in anywhere in the world so long we have a good broadband connection and the church concerned runs an online service. However, attending church online is different and lack the human touch – the human interaction, fellowship, the congregational singing which ushers in the presence of God in an atmosphere only corporate worship could.
The point made by today’s ODB is that we attend church because someone may need us there. We could worship God on our own with our family but people who need us are not at our home. That is why it is uplifting and encouraging when we see people dress up and attend church on site. We ourselves get encouraged. Thus others will get encouraged when they see.
In Hebrews 10, the writer of Hebrews emphasised the confidence we now have in Christ Jesus to approach the throne of grace, to enter into His presence, reminding us to not neglect meeting together so we may spur each other towards love and good deeds, and encourage each other until the day of the Lord. Not neglecting meeting together as some have the habit of doing.
There is thus a lot of good meeting together. Once the churches open up, do our part to encourage the brethren by just attending church on site whenever we can. There is much more to Christian life and ministry than just attending church, but the least we could do is to be there in church as someone may need us there. Be that someone to that someone. Be an encourager of the brethren. That’s the least we can do. Amen
Ronnie's Thoughts 