Attending church is not serving God

As a Christian, I am called to gather with my fellow believers. The Word says to not forsake the gathering of the brethren. I am also called to serving and furthering the kingdom of God. We can do that in many ways. Some preach, some minister to the homeless, still others enter into times of intense prayer in order to advance the Kingdom in the spiritual realm. But attending church and serving God are not the same thing.

Your church attendance can be part of serving God, depending on what you are doing during the service. But if you are just attending in order to receive spiritual food, that is not serving God. To think so would be like thinking that your boss should pay you while you are on your lunch break. Serving God should be benefiting Him instead of us. It is a necessary sacrifice that is our reasonable service to the one who did so much for us. I am not saying that we should serve God instead of attending church. There is no reason why we can't do both. We just need to realize that they are different things that are walked out in a similar way. Instead of boxes to check off, they should be the way in which we live our lives.