Boredom in Paradise?
Boredom in Paradise?
There is no other place on earth like the assembly of the believers—a place where God promises He’ll be in their midst. A place where Jesus Himself said He would be. There is no other place where His body comes together. This uniquely belongs to the gathering of believers, for this is where God is in her midst.
If this is so (and it is), why is there so much boredom? How is it that people can come and go without their needs, whatever they may be, being met? With so much boredom, how is it that we should expect others, whether boomers, millennials, or Gen-Zs, to come and become a part of the assembly? The world is exciting, but shouldn’t God be more exciting? Boredom easily paves the path to sin. Maybe this is why there is little difference between believers and those who don’t know Christ. David was bored and look what happened:
It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. 2 Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
2 Samuel 11:1-3
David was supposed to be in the battle, but he was disengaged in the things he was supposed to be doing. Hence, his feet took him to a place he should not have been—a place where sin was crouching at his door.
Am I just venting or is there a point?
I have never experienced anything more beautiful and worth giving my life for than the interaction of the Holy Spirit. I don’t mean just for the exercising of spirit gifts, but the real manifest Presence of God interacting with me. Though gifts often result from this interaction, especially in the midst of the assembly, they are not what I live for.
When He isn’t manifesting and when I am not encountering Him, I miss Him.
As New Covenant believers, He is everything to us. Without His anointing and manifest Presence we are bored—I am bored.
Church becomes a club.
Teaching becomes stale bread.
If the Holy Spirit was given proper place in His church, people wouldn’t want to displease the One who is so awesome. There would be a greater reason to live. People would share this Beautiful One with those around them. They would have an anointing to minister to others in power, rather than just talking from their head. They would get words of knowledge and prophecies as they spoke and the hearers would experience the reality of God.
The remedy for boredom is God! God Himself interacting with us.
Pursue Him.
Encounter Him.
Encounter Him.
Love Him.
