Too long. Too short. Too big. Too small. Too tight. Too loose. I can never seem to find any clothes to fit me well! 

Finding a church that’s the ‘perfect fit’ is just as hard. Every church has something that’s not quite right. Maybe the people all seem old. We’re not given a chance to take part. Our sense of humour is misunderstood. Certain attitudes, people or styles make us uncomfortable. We feel as if we don’t fit. We struggle to find our place. 

We know, however, that God wants us to fit together with one another. Paul said we are being “built together to become a dwelling in which God lives” (EPH. 2:22). 

The Christians in the church today, like the temple in the days of Solomon (1 KINGS 6:1-14), are where God lives on earth. God wants us to fit together—for there to be no splits in His church. This means that we, the building blocks, are to be “perfectly united in mind and thought” (1 COR. 1:10). 

No church will be a perfect fit, but we can all work at fitting together more perfectly. 

By: Julie Ackerman Link 

To Pray About . . .

Lord, I submit my feelings about my church unto Your hands. Equip me to be the one who takes initiative to help us all fit together more perfectly.