I know a girl who recently listened to her Pastor on a Sunday morning, as she has done every Sunday morning for the past eight years, whether inside their little church building or in another location via a live broadcasting option. Her heart hurt; he was grieved. She’s prayed for a revival for quite some time and in this particular instance, a few weeks ago, he made the comment, “I believe the reason our church is in the condition it is – is because of apathy”.

I agreed.

A little.

Apathy is “I don’t know, I don’t care

But this girl thought there was something more to it.

This girl thought, maybe some of it’s apathy, and she knows about apathy all too well, she’s struggled with it in her life, too. She understands the struggle with sin. But she feels the problems is disbelief.

Disbelief.

Low expectations.

We have a generation of people (and no I’m not trying to bash millenials) coming to a church because it’s friendling or their friend goes there or it’s a convenient drive or they need to be able to check it off their list for the week or they like the worship music or the nursery workers are good or they don’t fall asleep during the pastor’s sermon (usually). Or maybe there’s good Guatemalen coffee and free donuts and the fellowship they’re craving. Maybe it’s a church that reminds them of the one that they went to when they were little.

But there is simply disbelief.

Disbelief.

Low expectations.

Maybe they stick aorund for a while, maybe they stay for years. Maybe they enjoy every weekend they come to the church buiding, maybe they dread the early service but do it out of habit. Maybe their “church” truly is just the chruch building, maybe for some they truly are the church. But there is disbelief.

Disbelief.

Low expectations.

Maybe they’ve seen how great the church has been and could be but don’t believe that it will change because things have been going down hill for so long. Maybe they’ve