May 5, 2010

Today's reading: I Chronicles 29; II Chronicles 1, 2; Psalm 5, 35, 65, 95, 125; Proverbs 5

I Chronicles 29:10-15, "Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding."

I hate to admit it; but, it is true. We have lost our ability to worship today. What men call worship is far from what God intended it to be. Far too many of us worship the national sports hero or we worship our automobile. Some of us even worship ourselves. This is a dangerous practice. We need to worship God and God alone!

I think a part of our problem today is that we cannot control God; but, we try to make Him someone or something we can manipulate. This is wrong! We have been put here to worship God.

Look at Revelation 4:11, "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." There you go. This is why we were created and why we exist. We are here for God's pleasure and we are to honor and glorify Him.

The word worship means to ascribe worth to someone or something. Wow! I had not thought about that. That definition is so accurate. Everything we do in life should bring honor and glory to God. It is not about us. It is all about Him.

One of the most vile men I have ever known used to walk around with a bracelet on with the inscription, "WWJD" (What Would Jesus Do). He would curse and tell nasty jokes and do awful things; but, he wore that bracelet. His life was not bringing honor and glory to God. It is sad.

So how is your life bringing honor and glory to God? I hope it is in so many ways that you cannot count them all.

How are you doing?