Today’s Thought “Genie In A Bottle” G. Ward

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.…” Galatians 6:7-8

Worship is the responsibility that believers extend to Holy God. It’s without the paradigm created by man, who seeks to more extract than give unto our Great King. It perpetuates a notion of going to HIM for all He’ll give vs. what HE desires. Amazingly, our regression in presumed worship demands music that stirs, preaching in great exuberance vs. exegetical and authoritative (yes, you can have both, but it shouldn’t seek to entertain). Howbeit that Holy God gives great instruction on how HE is to be worshipped, but we feel a need to create our own brand? A major component in worship is obedience.

Castigation of others, who seemingly are plagued in lethargy at your place of worship, reveals you’re not worshipping. Why should any pursue being a proto-type of another when the experience in their deliverance was uniquely their own? This is not to say Holy God needs you to highlight the particulars in where He brought you from more than where He’ll redeem another (cf. Mt.28:19). Spiritual diversity (1 Cor. 12:4), although acceptable, boasts with a common expression (cf.Ac.2:44), “How Great Is Our God…”

Happy Friday!