Who I Worship With

Sunday School singing in front of the congregation

On Sunday I got to teach Sunday School to the 4^th – 6^th grade in our church.  I love teaching this group of kids.  They are from all over the world but what I really like about them is they want to learn from the Bible.  They ask intelligent questions.  When I tell them they should bring their Bibles, they do it!  Many of them work at memorizing their weekly verse.  (We won’t talk about the candy they get for these two tasks *smile* )

There are times I get frustrated because I think I just want to go to church and sit in the pew and worship.  God has been teaching me that worship is not about getting a fuzzy good feeling from going to church. I have known for a long time that worship is something that happens minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day.  Sundays are when we all come together as a church body to worship TOGETHER.  So, I don’t participate with the adult congregation once the intercessory pray and sermon start.  But I have discovered a secret, IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW OLD THE WORSHIPER IS, worship is about the audience, GOD.

Some adult worshipers at a special occasion

I get so blessed by these students.  In the beginning I sing with the whole group and I am blessed by the tiny preschoolers who get the rhythm and mouth the words with enthusiasm.  Before church I study the lesson to teach it and attempt to apply it to my own life, so even before church starts I am being fed by God’s Word and His Holy Spirit.  Then as I teach the students I am asked questions like, “Is Jesus God?”, “How can I know I can get to heaven?”, “Is God soulful?”,  or “Is it a sin to overeat?”  Boy do I need to know scriptures in order to answer these questions.  I can assure you, kids have no problems asking tough questions.  Sometimes I have to ask the students to let me think about a question and get back to them.   

 I only have a last year picture to add.  This was preschool.

God has given us each gifts of grace from the Holy Spirit.  I border between a gift of knowledge of scripture and a gift of teaching.  God has blessed me with opportunities to study His word that I have thoroughly enjoyed and now I get to thoroughly enjoy teaching it too.  This next week I have a partner who will be teaching the kids so I will be worshiping with the adults.  I will miss the kids but it is good to check in with the main body on occasion.