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Focus on God
A lady went to the preacher of her church and said, “I won;t be attending church anymore.”
He said, “May I ask why?”
She said, “I see people on their cell phones texting and typing during the service, some are
gossiping, some just ain;t living right, some are sleeping, some are staring at me, they are
all just hypocrites.”
The preacher got silent, and then he said, “Okay, but can I ask you to do something for me before
you make your final decision?”
She said, “Sure, what;s that?”
He said, “Take a glass of water and walk around the church building two times and don;t let any
water spill out of the glass.”
She said, “Yes, I can do that!” And went and got the glass of water. She came back and proudly
said, “It;s done.”
He asked her the following questions:
1. Did you see anybody on their phone?
2. Did you see anybody gossiping?
3. Was anybody living wrong?
4. Did you see anyone sleeping?
She said, “I didn;t see anything because I was so focused on this glass, so the water wouldn;t
spill.”
He told her, “When you come to church, you should be just that focused on God, so that YOU
dont fall.”
THAT;S WHY JESUS SAID, "FOLLOW ME," (Lk. 9:23)!!! He did not say follow Christians.
Don;t let your relationship with God be determined by how others relate with God. Let it be
determined by how focused you are with God. ~Unknown
This by no means suggests that the use of electronic devices in the above mentioned ways is
acceptable in our worship to God, but to challenge that our worship be truly focused on God.
