Not everyone who says to me "Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 7:21
A dear friend of mine told me her priest gave an illustration recently in his Sunday message about what he called "Pew Potatoes." We are all probably familiar with the term "couch potato" referring to those individuals who vegetate on their sofa's doing nothing but watching television or playing video games. Basically they are just there getting nothing from their experience other than maybe mind mush or flabby bodies.
In a similar way a "pew potato" would be one who goes to church just because it is the thing to do and gets nothing from the message. He or she simply is there because it is Sunday and that is what you do on Sunday. Maybe ask what they got from the service later and get no response other than a yawn.
Hopefully this does not describe anyone reading this devotion but if it does ask yourself if you ever truly made Jesus Lord of your life and if He is the most important thing in your life. Jesus wants more than one hour on Sunday and we all need to grow up and know Him better.
PRAYER: Lord I truly want to not just go through the motions but want my life to be different because of you. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Becky: this is so pertinent to those of us who are praying for revival.Yes, there are some pew potatoes in our churches. I wonder what it will take to wake them up.
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