Walking Together

Walking Together

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Hebrews 10:24-25 (ESV)

Lord, please help us to reach out to those members of our church family who may have fallen out of the habit of worshiping together. Enable us to minister to them and encourage them to come back and worship with us in person again, if they are able.

Attending church at home during the pandemic reminded me of walking in all those races alone. It seemed strange at first, but it became comfortable to worship casually. I was able to sit on the couch, eat breakfast, drink coffee and worship in my pajamas – just Jesus and me in my living room. But after a while, as weeks turned into months, it became harder to do life without the fellowship and the encouragement of other believers. God made us to love and serve one another. He never meant for us to live out the Christian life alone. As the writer of Hebrews tells us in Hebrews 10:25 “Let us not give up meeting together as some are in the habit of doing but let us encourage one another…” Coming back to church after the pandemic was like coming home again. As the Apostle Paul tells us repeatedly, we are not just a collection of individuals. We are members of one body, and we are there to walk together through this life and encourage one another in the faith.