Why Did You Come?
Scripture
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.”
— Psalm 100:4 (NIV)
Devotion
Pastor Darren kept asking one piercing question: “Why did you even come this morning?”
Many come to church (or to God) out of habit, obligation, or to please someone else. Others come because their week was “devastating” and they just need a breather. But the sermon pushed deeper:
- Did you come to truly get in His presence?
- Did you come expecting to be changed?
- Did you come hungry for something new from God?
In Psalm 100, we’re told how to come to God: with thanksgiving and praise. But the why is just as important. When we come simply to “do church,” we may leave unchanged. When we come to be with Him and to be transformed, we position ourselves for God to work.
Pastor said: “I came to get in His presence. I came to leave changed. I came to be renewed.” That is a posture of expectation and surrender. You may have “mustered up enough strength” just to get here—to open this devotional, to pray at all. God sees that.
Today, be honest with God about why you show up—on Sundays, in prayer, in worship. He’s not asking for perfection; He’s asking for honesty and hunger. He can work with that.
Reflection
- When you go to church or approach God in prayer, what is your real reason? Tradition, guilt, pressure, habit, or hunger for Him?
- What would change if you approached each worship time with the expectation: “I came to be in Your presence and leave changed”?