'Tis truly a wonderful thing to be able to worship God in freedom. It is a thing that we so often take for granted, especially when we have never personally experienced anything different.
Having grown up in a family where going to church every Sunday was the norm it is hard to imagine what it would be like if the government prohibited us from gathering together to hear God's Word preached on Sunday. Its hard to imagine being told you can not publically worship your God. It is hard to imagine a life where I am not allowed to go to church.
That is why it is such a blessing. But there is even more to it.
Being able to serve God at church is a blessing in itself. The fact that we are able to gather together as Children of God, where together we can hear His word as it is proclaimed to us from the hand of the minister. It is at Church that God speaks directly to His people (that is not to say that He doesn't when we are at home reading from our bibles). It is at church were we hear an explanation of the living Word, it is at church that we are spiritually nourished, and renewed with vigour to the coming week.
It is also at church where we can have communion with other fellow believers. That in itself is a wonderful thing. To be able to speak to others about our common faith, being a hand and a foot to each other. The communion of saints is a real blessing, and when you come to see it as such you realise how wonderfully blessed you are to be a part of it.
Thanks be to God who has blessed me in allowing me to come together with fellow believers twice every Sunday to hear His Word preached in Church. Thanks be to God that we can do this in freedom without hinderance. Thanks be to God that He allows us to have communion also with other brothers and sisters in Christ. And it is my prayer that God gives the strength to those who live in countries where the preaching of God's Word is prohibited.
How truly blessed we are!
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