The Role of Church

 A church is meant to be a place of fellowship. Of gathering.

It serves that purpose well. It truly does. Yet sometimes we still don’t feel that we belong. That we feel alienated or isolated. That our participation is worthless or forgettable.

If you’re experiencing those emotions can I offer one more way to look at it. 

The church. The body of Saints. Is a magnifier. It allows us to accomplish more good in unity than we ever could on our own.

Think about it. I don’t have the financial, physical, or emotional means to care for as many people as I would like to. As a group we can organize food, service, and accomplish greater good than I ever could on my own.

I can’t unilaterally deliver vaccines, medicine, or food across the world, my church can and does.

I don’t personally have the means to establish service centers for immigrants, my church can and does.

Establishing medical education for new mothers in third world countries, they do that too.

Organizing thousands of volunteers to clean up natural disasters, they’re on it.

Local projects to clean up rivers, collect coats, feed the homeless, integrate and aid refugees, we’re just scratching the surface. 

For those times we question where we fit in maybe we could take a moment to reflect on whether the good we want to see is amplified. See if the fruits of the church are good. If they are maybe we can find a better way to integrate ourselves. Especially when it comes to doing good.

I know my goodness, my righteous desires can be amplified here. And for now that’s my focus, even if I struggle with other things.