So at church on Sundays, Travis and I sit in the lobby because we have to leave early for work and its easier to leave in the lobby than in the crowded sanctuary.

The problem is, the people who sit in the lobby are those who aren't really paying attention to the sermon broadcasting on the screen. They are eating breakfast, talking to each other, laughing about the week's events while their Bibles remain closed on the table. There are even some who look like they are doing work and checking emails on their laptops, as if this was their Christian Starbucks.

It used to really bother me seeing all that. I would have a hard time concentrating on the the pastor speaking his sermon in front of me.. I would walk away with such a bad attitude walking to the parking lot, complaining to Travis…"why are they even here if they are not going to pay attention?" On and on I groaned.

Do you ever feel that way? You want to be close to God, but the others around you clearly don't.

Until it hit me - - a solution to the problem. We now sit in the very front of the lobby. I am able to get a good seat where the screen of the pastor talking is directly in front of me. I am able to take my notes and really engage in the message. The people who are messing around, on their phones or talking to each other…they are still there! But I am not going to let them get in between my precious times with Jesus. And if they are, maybe I need to get closer to the Savior to drown out the noise of the complacency around me.



Whenever you feel in a similar situation, just sit closer to hear the Word of God. Don't let anyone get in the way of you hearing from the Lord.



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