Finding Our Rhythm Again

Something about September brings life back into rhythm.

Summer is wonderful, but summer also has a way of disrupting just about every routine we have. Vacations, travel, kids being out of school, family visits, and changing schedules can make one week look completely different from the next.

Then September arrives.

School is back in session. Work schedules settle down. Calendars begin to look a little more predictable. Families start finding their normal routines again. We see that at church too. Attendance begins to rise as people return from summer travel and Sunday becomes part of the family rhythm again.

I think rhythm matters spiritually.

We were never meant to live our relationship with God only through occasional moments of inspiration. Healthy faith is built through consistent rhythms. We pray regularly. We read God's Word regularly. We worship regularly. We gather with other believers regularly. We serve regularly.

None of those things are particularly flashy, but over time they shape who we become.

Spiritual growth is usually less about what we do occasionally and more about what we do consistently.

That is one reason I am so excited about what we are beginning this September at Open Door. We are starting a seven-week journey through the book of Colossians.

For seven weeks, we are going to slow down and dig into one of Paul's most powerful letters. My hope is that we do more than learn a few things about Colossians. I want us to allow God's Word to shape the way we think, the way we live, and the way we follow Jesus.

And there is something powerful about doing that together.

Imagine hundreds of people opening the same book of the Bible, hearing the same truth, having conversations about it in their homes, and allowing God to work in their lives week after week.

That is rhythm.

So as your family gets back into its September routine, I want to encourage you to make your spiritual life part of that routine too. Don't just put school, work, practices, appointments, and activities back on the calendar. Put worship back at the center.

Make Sunday a priority.

Open your Bible during the week.

Get involved in a Life Group.

Serve somewhere.

Build your life around the things that are helping you become more like Jesus.

Schedules have a way of filling themselves. If we aren't intentional, the urgent will always crowd out the important. Before long, we can have a calendar full of activity and a soul running on empty.

Let's not allow that to happen this fall.

September is a chance to find our rhythm again. And I can't think of a better rhythm than gathering together each week, opening the book of Colossians, and discovering more of who Jesus is and what it means to build our lives around Him.