We know who God is on Sundays. He is the One we worship. He is the Almighty. He is the One we pray to, sing to and even listen to. We did all those things for Him on Sunday. We sang, clapped and maybe even danced for Him. Did we leave Him at church on Sunday? Did we say, "See You next week, God," as we left?
Who is God on Tuesdays? Is He still at church? Is He like the light in the refrigerator that only comes on when the door is opened? Is He still God if we don't consider Him God?
By Tuesday, we are back in what people call the real world. Church is not the real world, right? Church is believing in what Mark Twain was referring to when he said "what you know ain't true." It makes you feel good but it doesn't always apply. This is why worry is banned at church but fully accepted on Tuesdays. At church, God is now here. By Tuesday, God is nowhere. Church is like what Rod Serling said of the Twilight Zone:
"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge."
Yes, many think that going to church is like going into another dimension. It isn't real. It's made for Sundays. It isn't made for Tuesdays. The God of Sundays doesn't exist on Tuesdays, does He?
But taking another quote from Rod Serling: "Imagine if you will . . . ."
Imagine that God is the same on Tuesdays as He is on Sundays. Imagine that He is just as worthy of praise. Imagine that He is just as able to deliver. Imagine that He is still wanting you to walk with Him. Imagine that He is now here.
I suppose that imagining is all that some people do. They don't know what reality is. They don't know God as Someone who is present on Tuesdays. They don't know that He doesn't change from Sunday to Sunday or any of the other days of the week.
Maybe you knew all of this. Maybe you just forgot and started back to worrying about the circumstances that seem insurmountable. Maybe you think things are only in God's hands when you have been given the cancer diagnosis. Maybe you didn't know you were always in God's hands. Even on Tuesdays.
God doesn't change because we forget. He doesn't change because we focus on something else. He doesn't change if we walk away from Him or walk beside Him. He continually loves us even when we don't think of loving Him. He is God always. Even on Tuesdays.
Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV) 22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
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