Does God ever get tired of our religion?

Peterson’s “The Message” paraphrases Isaiah 1:13-14 in this way:

"Quit your worship charades. I can't stand your trivial religious games:
Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings - meetings, meetings, meetings - I can't stand one more! Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them! You've worn me out!“

Isaiah’s challenge is that worship alone is never enough. You have to let the Spirit change your whole life. Faith must inform the way we live our lives every day:

Isaiah 1:16-17  Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, 17 learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.

As fall approaches we are about to begin the work of our church through committees. We know they are necessary and helpful for the continued ministry of the church but they are a means to the end, not the ends themselves. We won’t meet ourselves to death as long as we keep the transforming work of Christ at the center of all that we do.

Join us for worship on Sunday as we try not to wear out God but rather let God empower us to new life.