Why do we go to the church? What keeps us there? Is faithfully attending Sunday services and working on our jobs all that God wants us to do? Or does He have some higher purpose for us Christians?
All these questions come up from the "blessed discontent" that I was talking about a year ago. It's basically just a healthy desire for more of something. A person is content when he's doing something that he likes and other people honestly testify that he is doing it well.
Let's bring up some examples. I was video recording sermons and I was dedicated to my responsibilities. People said that I was punctual, my technical skill were excellent, and I could be relied upon. However, after many years I started to seriously feel that it's not what I'm excited about. So, in this case there was a testimony, but there was no desire. I also tried to lead a home group. I was praying and fasting about it for months, and when it finally started, I was full of expectations. However, within a year of my faithful service, people told me that I'm not doing well by zero attendance for weeks before I finally closed the home group.
There was passion, but no testimony.
So, can it be that a Christian in the situation like mine may realize that living a church life is not something that he was made for? Can there be talents within a Christian that are of little value in church, but of high demand outside? If so, then most his life is going to be outside of church's walls. Is it really God's purpose?
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