Full-Time Christians

“Whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.” (Colossians 3:17 NLT)

Sunday morning baseball tournaments are common in our area. Several Christian parents have asked that games be postponed until afternoon. They don’t want to choose between church services and their children’s games.

Squeezing in time with God can be inconvenient when we have SO MUCH to do! Unlike pastors, priests, nuns, and missionaries, we didn’t sign up to do full-time ministry. We have jobs, families, social lives, and hobbies. Surely God can’t expect more than an hour every Sunday with us! (Yes, I’m being facetious!)  How did we decide that one hour a week or one day a week is adequate time with the Lord? Why wouldn’t we want to be with the Lord as much as possible? When did ‘church’ become the only place to be with Jesus?

“Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?” (1 Corinthians 3:16 NIV)

God lives with us. Our relationship with Him is our primary occupation. We cannot allow other preoccupations to take over. This doesn’t mean that we have to be at every church service, Bible study, and prayer meeting. We all connect with God in different ways. The key is to make sure that our lives are immersed in the Lord--that everything we say and do reflects our full commitment to Him. God must remain in the center. Representing God is our vocation; everything else is merely an avocation.