Seek God

My church has a weekly Seek God session on Monday. It was my first attempt to go to this weird session yesterday, and guess what, it was fruitful!

Initially, I have doubt about this “weird” session. Well, still the same God, still the same me, the same brain, the same thinking, reasoning, arguing, complaining, apologizing, and praying. So how could a session at church be any more rewarding than the encountering with God at home?

Let me first explain what they (we) do at church during the seek God session.

It is an hour session, with only a purpose -- seek God. Few people come (not the whole church), each will find their own comfortable corner. The lights are off, leaving only the stage lights. My pastor (I guess) would have prepared some slides with some words, mainly from Psalms, and the slides will be displayed on set of timing, and the slide show will go for an hour in total. At the end of the session, my pastor will stand and says a prayer.

So what is the difference between seeking God at home, and at church?

I guess seeking God at home is at your own convenience, at your own comfortable zone, at your own timing. You set the time, the place, the topic, the discussion. It is all about you you you. When I go to church yesterday, I have a clear purpose in mind --I want God! I want Him, no matter what happened, no matter what is going to be stirred up from conversation, no matter what is going on with the slides, I want to meet God.

The slides will first stir up something that you did not prepare to speak to God, and from then on, your conversation with God is being led by Him. This is when the burden and worries of your day can be magically shed without your notice. I think this is because when the conversation is led by Him, the conversation will not be within the routine topics of what happened to you during the day or what sin have you committed recently. I guess some times, God has no interest in our sins, but all that He wants is only to be together with you, and to show you something that He wants to tell you. It might be something that has never came across to your mind. So if you are the one who start the conversation, how could you start something that isn’t in your mind?

In addition, I guess praying at home is so comfortable that sometimes I can just fall asleep without saying anything, hah. So well, try it if you haven’t done so!