Gearing Up For A Sunday

For a number of years now, Sundays have been the day of the week I gear up for. Though it has been to varying degrees, and it has meant different things in different seasons, prioritising the day on which I meet with the family of God has become a normal part of my life.

I know that some anti-traditionalists are thinking right now: "Why Sunday? Every day of the week should be filled with God! Every day of the week should be full of His work!"

While they are right, perhaps they are missing a level of excitement about being part of a local body. I have always been at church on a Sunday, so I'm not talking about simply being there, but letting the prioritisation of meeting with the family of God mould the rest of your week.

Since moving to Southampton just over a week ago, I've noticed that it's more and more necessary for me here, in the kinds of stuff I'm involved in, to make sure that I'm fully geared-up every time Life Church gets together. It's not that Life Church is more special than City Church (or any other church for that matter), but simply a reflection of the fact that I personally am in a different season here than I was there, doing different things here than I was there.

So although my life has been more and more moulded around a Sunday over the last few years, I'm noticing it is particularly so here in Southampton. If I'm going to contribute effectively I need to come prepared and ready to share, not shying away because 'someone else has inevitably got it covered', but embracing the fact that I have a contribution to make.

What is your attitude to a Sunday? Do you let the world's precedents get to you? Or are you eager to expend yourself for the people of God?