Going vs. Being...

This morning I did not attend a church!
I know!
I'm a horrible person because I didn't go on a Sunday morning (I am going to worship with a Church Body tonight downtown though, so don't worry too much)

As I search my favorite social networks (Facebook and Twitter) I notice that a lot of my friends post things like "Loved Church today!" or "Going to church" or "Great message at Church today"....
I don't think there is anything wrong with loving Church, or even loving the message God used at Church that day....
but I wonder if we are getting caught up with putting more value on going to church and singing the right songs at church instead of being the church???
Let me explain...
First off, when I say Church I do not mean a building we go to to sing songs and hear a message. When I say Church I mean the Body of Christ. It is people, not a place.

With that cleared up I now start to wonder if we are starting to put more emphasis on our doing (i.e. going to church and being a regular attender) than our being?
Do we find ourselves worrying more about which Church we will attend each Sunday or Saturday or do we find ourselves focusing more on how we can be a better Church?

I do believe that God wants us to be in fellowship with other believers and He does want us to be worshiping with other believers on a regular basis.
But I also believe that God is more concerned about your being more than our doing.

Maybe this is where a lot of us have gone wrong!?
Maybe we have got caught up focusing on doing the right thing all the time and doing the things we have always done and have lost sight of what it looks like to BE a follower of Jesus Christ!

Because in all honesty I believe that these local Church Bodies that are "middle class, white, comfortable, give only 10%" are not what Jesus intended when He said, "Follow Me, die to yourself, love your neighbor!"

I'm probably the last person who should be writing about this because I need to work on BEING the Church just as much as the rest of us.

But may we find ourselves starting to live out the mission of Jesus Christ instead of just singing songs about it and memorizing verses on it.



(Scripture that really got me thinking about this whole Going vs. Doing)
Acts 1:8
Acts 2:44-47
John 21:22
John 15:12
John 3:30
Luke 17:33
Luke 17:21
Luke 16:15
Luke 12:31
Luke 9:23-24
Luke 5:28
Mark 16:15
Mark 12:30-31
Mark 10:43
Mark 10:21
Mark 9:35
Mark 8:34-36
Matthew 28:19
Matthew 23:11-12
Matthew 10:39
Matthew 9:11-13
Matthew 6:33
Matthew 5:16