Church is Never Boring
The ‘b’ word is banned in our household. I’m talking about the word ‘boring’. Our saying at home is that ‘boring people get bored’. If there are toys or games available to you, if the weather is fine outside; then one should not be bored (cue eye roll from my kids). I also believe that Church is never boring! Now my active, wiggly twelve-year-old might find this truth hard to believe… but it’s true! At the moment I’m reading ‘What Happens When We Worship’ by J L Cruse, and this truth was echoed in the opening chapter. I love what Cruse says: “Worship is never dull, but we are sometimes”.
The book unpacks the wonder of ‘worship’ in the context of Sunday worship services. It rightly points out that worship is never dull, but sometimes we are. Cruse reminds us that worship on Sundays is, in fact, a supernatural experience! Why then do we too often approach worship with a sense of boredom instead of astonishment? With yawns instead of awe? With resentment instead of reverence?
Now please hear this; I’m not suggesting that we should be trying to make worship services exciting. While instruments, lights, new songs, and so on are wonderful tools that help facilitate worship, they aren’t the reason worship is exciting (or not). Rather, the reason worship is never boring is because God Himself is never boring!
Every Sunday, when we gather, we meet with the living God – the One who created the universe, who spoke the stars into existence, who parted the Red Sea, who is faithful to His people then and always, who raised Jesus from the dead! We come before the Almighty, the Holy One, the King of kings and Lord of lords. We are invited to praise Him, to hear from Him, and to respond in faith. Friends, how could that ever be dull!?
If worship feels boring, the problem isn’t with the service itself but with our hearts. It’s all too easy to be distracted, complacent, or forgetful of the grandeur of what’s happening. Friends, worship is a divine encounter, a supernatural reality breaking into our ordinary lives. WOW! When we grasp that, our response shifts from passive attendance to active participation. Participation filled with joy, awe, and gratitude.
My prayer is that when we gather for worship, we will ask ourselves: Am I approaching this as a dull obligation or a divine invitation? Because Church is never boring – our God is too glorious for that.
See you Sunday,
Emma
‘Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him’ (Psalm 34:8)
