Every church has that mythical “perfect” Sunday. The worship is powerful. The sermon lands. Everything clicks.
Strangely enough, it never seems to happen on the Sunday I invite a friend.
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Instead, the regular worship team is away, the C-team is leading, and the guest speaker delivers a message that wanders all over the map. I’m sitting there thinking:
“Of all Sundays…”
For years, I wanted to orchestrate the perfect first impression. I wanted every detail to convince my friends that church mattered.
Then I realized something: I can’t manufacture what only God can do.
Lowering the bar
So now I invite people anyway.
If the music is great, wonderful. If the sermon is unforgettable, even better. But if neither happens, I trust that God is perfectly capable of working through imperfect people, imperfect churches, and imperfect Sundays.
Maybe that’s true in more areas of our lives than just church.
You can’t control what you can’t control. Do your part faithfully. Then leave the rest in God’s hands.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was originally published by Phil Cooke at philcooke.com.
