"For He (Jesus) must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet." 1 Corinthians 15:25
Is God reigning in your life? Has he put all the iniquity out of your hearts? God must reign! There is no other truth more important and more valuable to human life (although valuable is not the proper term, because that does have a sense of implying it's about us). When one truly understands that it is God through Jesus that reigns upon this world, controls all that is given to him, and fights for God's glory, then they realize that there is no greater duty, that there is no higher purpose than to do all and surrender all for the sake of His name.
"When you come to appear before me, who has required of you, this trampling of my courts? Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. Your new moons and appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen." Isaiah 1:12-15
This is a stern warning to Israel, but as God's character is unchanging, it is also to us. How have we come to the courts of the Lord? Have we appeared before him with un-repentant hearts? Have we come to him with selfish hopes in our hearts? The vision of God's words that Isaiah received point to a unmistakable fact with God, he does not care about offering, prayer, or sacrifice, but the heart and mind of his people. If we've come to him seeking a protector, He will not protect; if we come to Him seeking freedom from guilt, He will not forgive. If we come to Him to answer our prayers, he will not listen; for all these are but a response to sin. What sin you ask? The sin of self. I have come to understand that life is not about us, it is not about being protected, it is no about God answering our prayers, and it is not about being forgiven; rather, it is about giving God what is His to receive; mainly our adoration and praise, not for what he's done for us, but for who He is.
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2 comments:
How true it is that God cares about the heart and mind of His people.
How we need to consider our ways!
God holds a hand of mercy out to us and offers us sweet fellowship and forgiveness, but we should honor and love Him and not use Him as a crutch to be discarded at the end of the day. Truly our lives are to be lived for the glory of God.
Mr. Boston,
Thanks for the comment. It appears you are the only one who reads these. But I'll keep writing them; it's an easy way to store my thoughts. About the post, I pray that men and women will realize that the God we serve is a severely jealous God. So jealous that he would anhilate an entire city to save one man's family; so jealous that he would have Jeramiah speak of his Holiness and utter perfection, even though no one was listening but HIM; so jealous that he would reject his son, himself, for the sake of His Glory, righteousness adn Kingdom. If He did this for his glory, how much more should we?
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