NO FRUIT

Today's reading: Joel

"Dress yourselves in sackcloth, you priests! Wail, you who serve before the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God! There is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of your God." Joel 1:13 NLT

Joel, an Old Testament prophet, instructed the church folk to mourn.

To cry over the fact that there was not enough 'fruit' being produced outside the church to warrant a 'good church service' come Sabbath day.

Everyone wanted to attend the services, but no one wanted to put in the labor of preparing for the service--before or after.

Pew sitting.

Choir singing. 

Wear the suit.

Look the part.

Sunday morning believers.

Sign me up, they all said!

But what about the rest of the week? What about when the church is allowed, by God's grace, to be the church outside the walls of its building?

When we get to reach the lost?

When we get to come alongside other creations of the Lord on their walk?

When we are given opportunity to dig into our Bibles?

When we get to infect the community with what we 'caught' on Sunday?

What will happen in your house of worship when enough fruit isn't produced for a Sunday service to be held?