As a runner, it's been nice to see the recent boom in the sport. People of all shapes and sizes are out giving it their best. There has been tremendous event enhancement--color runs, zombie runs, 200 mile relays, and more.
One of my favorite additions to the running world is the "couch to 5k" app. This simplifies the training process, and literally turns a non runner into a racer! The one thing, though, that the app doesn't do is make the commitment. The individual must do that.
I've known people who were pumped to have downloaded the app, but have never used it. It's not the app that gets you off the couch!!
The same thing has happened in the church. The "boom" has happened more in the contemporary style churches. Loud music, flashing lights, skinny jeans (nothing wrong with any of these--however I do not do skinny jeans), etc. The church "event" has definitely been enhanced over the last decade.
One thing that hasn't changed though, is that the individual still has to make a decision to commit!! I'm not one to get hung up on which is right, traditional or contemporary, and I'm pretty sure Jesus isn't concerned with your worship style. I am sure, though, that He definitely wants commitment. He didn't die so we could own an app, take up space on a pew/really hip stadium seat, or simply be a member. He died so that we could have life, and the life that He gives only comes from complete surrender and commitment.
There are many "Christians" out there just like those "runners" that I know. They think that they are runners (or Christians) because of their association with the sport (or Church), and yet they have never gotten off the couch (or pew). They haven't made a real commitment.
Isn't it time to lace up, and get in the race?
Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe; sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow.
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