A Reminder Once Again to Focus on the World to Come
Like most of you, I did my civic duty and cast my ballot on Election Day last week at Church of the Nazarene on Oak Hill Road in Wooster. While there, I was struck by the majestic beauty of the building, and to be quite honest, I was a little envious. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love our church. It is both charming and exquisite, but everything at the Nazarene Church seemed pristine and almost perfect.
After leaving the church, I had to remind myself that God doesn’t care where we worship or even what we look like when we do. He sees past the façade and focuses on the substance of who we are. Historic cathedrals and modern-day shrines are beautiful, but what really matters is not where we pray or even how we worship. What really matters is that we engage God in a sincere, devout, reflective, and genuine manner.
Colossians 3:1-4 states it very well: “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”
We can engage with Jesus anywhere at any time — and the more often, the better! One day we will reunite with Him in a place of glory and majesty beyond words and more elegant than the most stunning church here on earth.