If we honestly compared the amount of time in church spent thinking about what others think or might think with the amount of time thinking about what God is thinking, we would probably be shocked. Those of us in congregational leadership need to think deeply about this.

Often the “eyeservice” that occurs in present-day church services comes in the form of trying to “move” people. “Wasn’t that a great service” we often say. But what do we mean? Are we really thinking about how God felt about the service?

What is the correlation between God’s view of a great service and the human view? We need to be very careful about this or the rule, “Truly, they have their reward,” may apply to us.

from The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God