“Daddy, Who Left The Lights On?”

Passing the church building one Sunday evening where they attended morning worship, two “Christian” parents’ little girl exclaims, “daddy, somebody left the lights on.  We should stop and turn them off.”

The parents drove on in silence.  Later at home, they decided they had better start attending evening worship.  Not only to satisfy the curiosity of their little daughter, but their own consciences as well.

If you passed the church building on Sunday or Wednesday evenings, would your children wonder who left the lights on?

Congregations have coaxed, persuaded, tantalized and rewarded, trying to get church members to attend worship.  They have tried banners, seals, diplomas, potluck dinners, and attendance drives trying to induce people to do what they would do anyway if they really loved God and his Son.

But people go where they want to go, because where their hearts are, their heels will follow.  When we get out hearts right with God, then all these other things will not be necessary to try and get people to attend worship as they should.  When our hearts are right there will be more feet in the church building on Sunday and Wednesday.

If You Drove By The Church Building on Sunday or Wednesday Night, Would Your Child Ask The Same Question?

                                                                                                      From  Meditations on Truth