“Homage to our sovereign Lord is His just due. If
there were no worship, how could we declare that it is in Him that we live and
move and have our being?
Be careful, then,
Christian, not to neglect any one privilege of worship-- it might be the door
where Jesus stands waiting to enter your soul! The Spirit is free. Do not bind
Him to one duty only; but wait on Him in every one of them. It is not wisdom to
let any water run past your mill which might be useful to send your soul moving
toward heaven.
Maybe you do not
receive as much enlightenment as you want when you seek God in public services.
Let me ask you this-- what kind of communion do you have with Him in secret?
Here is a hole wide enough to lose everything you get in public, if you do not
repair it. Samuel would not sit down to the feast with Jesse and his sons until
David-- the youngest of the family-- was brought in to join them. If you want
God's presence in any of the ordinances you must bring back the one you sent
away; it might be the least important in your way of thinking but the one God
has chosen to crown with His most special blessing to your soul.
Seek God's goals.
God has two purposes in worship. First, He intends for us to honor Him as
sovereign Lord. And second, worship is the way He communicates His presence and
blessings to His children.
Homage to our
sovereign Lord is His just due. If there were no worship, how could we declare
that it is in Him that we live and move and have our being? One of the first
things God taught Adam and his children was divine worship. And the holy person
makes it the most important thing in his life to sanctify God's name and give
Him glory. A subject may offer a present to his prince in such a ridiculous
fashion that the ruler may be more scorned than honored; the soldiers bowed
their knees to Jesus but their hearts mocked the holy God.”
Quoted material from, ”The Christian in Complete
Armour Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare” by Gurnall and James S Bell.
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