At church each Sunday, we go to worship and sing our praises to God. Driving the easy 5 minutes to church, sometimes with screaming kids doesn’t always put me in the mood to worship. But it should. In the U.S. there is literally a church on every corner and any denomination may profess their faith in their own unique way.
China has as many Christians as the U.S. just based on size alone, but they can’t choose a church. If they want to worship legally they must attend a church ran by an atheist government official. A government official literally sits in the service to make sure Jesus isn't elevated above the state. The Government is tolerant of internationals worshipping in their own way, however. Sunday morning in Beijing, the adopting families showed our passports to get into the Beijing International Christian Church. It was a mega church with many different services. Due to schedule, we woke up early and went to a smaller service. We entered a small auditorium and the power of God hit me square in my chest.
In this room alone, there were approximately two hundred foreigners in Beijing worshiping the Creator of the Universe. Race, creed, ethnicity were all meshed together and Christians were raising their voices in praise.
The song “Our God, Is an Awesome God” took on new meaning as I my eyes took in a room where every color in the world was represented and believing in Christ’s sacrifice.
After all I have lived and struggled through in my Christian walk, nothing came close to showing me God’s real size and strength as seeing people half way across the world lift up their hands to praise The One True God, twelve hours before my own home church service even began for the week.
Remember to Pray for the churches in China and for the Christians as they live their lives for Jesus.
3 comments:
Wow! Thanks for the reminder!
Sometimes we forget how blessed we are! Thanks for your post!
Thanks for that story, it really does remind us how truly blessed wee are and how we take our freedoms for granted.
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