In my younger days in my ex church, I remembered there was once when I was witnessing a group of my church members performing a dance on the stage. As I was sitting comfortably on my seat, I began to realise that there were some middle aged ladies dancing among the group of younger dancers. Soon I began to make judgement on the older dancers in my mind, “Why are they still dancing around with the tambourines at their age? In terms of form and grace, younger dancers would be more suitable for such dances.” Then just as I was thinking to myself, suddenly God impressed upon my heart, “They are worshipping Me.” Immediately, I realized my mistake of passing judgement on them without realizing they are worshipping God with their heart with their dances.
Similarly, in my ex church, there is a flower ministry whereby they will put together a very elaborate flower arrangement at the front of the altar every Sunday before the service. Request for people to contribute money to make these arrangements were made and people gave. Again, these people are worshipping God with their participation in making God’s sanctuary a more beautiful place with these decorations. God does not need the money; God sees their heart in honouring Him in this manner; those who contribute money and those who put up the flowers.
Hence I have learnt never to judge on activities or things that I perceived as meaningless or unnecessary when it comes to the things of God. Just like in the case of the flower arrangements. They might not be necessary but the hearts of the people who made it happen are significant to God.
Anonymous
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