Shut The Doors, Keep Out The People

There is no better wisdom than in the words of this title.

Okay, maybe I get sick of people and their stupidity but that is no reason to lock the world out.

But more importantly, when I lock my worship up and do the same things over and over not really appreciating everything God has done and will do in my life or if I am not willing to share it or the hope that is within me than there is no better place for me than locked behind the door wasting away.

God and all that He is was meant to fill the earth and become the very heartbeat of this dying world. And if we are not doing our part, well...judgement day won't rank up there as being one of our better day's.

So let the worshippers arise...and the son's and the daughter's sing!

God Bless.

Shut the Doors, Keep Out the People

Scripture Reading: Malachi 1:10-14 Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! - Malachi 1:10

How horrible that God wanted his own temple doors closed! This is one of the strongest biblical warnings about worship. If our worship isn’t ­really about loving and honoring God, it won’t do any good to go through the motions. The Israelites thought their worship was about God. They came to the temple to win God’s favor and seek God’s help—wasn’t that all about God? Many people of many religions, including many Christians, approach worship the same way. Often they are very concerned about the manner of worship. “We have to get this right,” they think, “or God will be upset with us, won’t answer our prayers, and might bring bad things upon us.” Unfortunately they don’t realize their thinking and their efforts are not really about God. If we worship that way, it is really about us—what we can get for ourselves from God. God, of course, sees through to our selfish motives.

He knows that such worship is not worship at all; it’s only an attempt to manipulate him. When God says that his “name is to be feared among the nations,” he wants us to be awestruck by his love for us—so awestruck that we cannot help praising him. That’s the kind of fear—that is, awe, wonder, and amazement at God’s great love—that should engage our worship. Prayer: Dear Jesus, we are your temple. We are humbled that you would love us so much to save us and to honor us with the constant presence of your Spirit. We stand in awe of you! Amen. Scott DeVries

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