Am I Being Fed?
Theme of the Week: Beyond 'What's in It for Me?'
Erwin McManus
Monday, April 4, 2005
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Key Bible Verse: You have been Christians a long time now, and you ought to be teaching others (Hebrews 5:12). Bonus Reading:Hebrews 5:11-6:3
He walked confidently up to me one Sunday morning, introduced himself, and said he'd been attending for over a month. The teaching met his standards, he told me; the music was acceptable, and he was pleased with the children's and youth ministries. He was married, he said, and had several children. When I asked him where they were, he explained that they weren't yet allowed to attend; he wanted to first check us out to make sure the products and services were in line with what he felt his family needed. This wasn't about theology; this was all about customer service.
Since we've been taught that we're the center of the universe, we evaluate everything on its ability to meet our needs. Some of the best communicators of the Scriptures I know have had people leave their churches because they're not "being fed." I know that we're all the sheep of God, and sheep require a shepherd to feed them. But there must come a time when we become shepherds who feed others. Over 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. Is this also true in the arena of personal spirituality? Are we too much about us getting fed and too little about exercising our faith?
—Erwin McManus in An Unstoppable Force
My Response: What about my church involvement makes me more than a consumer?
Adapted from An Unstoppable Force (Group, 2001) by permission.
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