Picking up where we left off. . . We go to church to meet with God, or we should. Think about this for a minute. When we go to church, we should be going to meet with God, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, the Almighty, the Alpha and Omega, the Great I AM. When you set that next to our one hour a week, which has been cut to 49 minutes, because we had to stop on the way to church to get gas; we can see how pathetic our worship sometimes is. Like it or not, it is tantamount to saying, God bless us, even though we have handled Your Day so poorly, that we have barely remembered to be here at all. Before you think me too self righteous, I have been guilty of doing everything I have mentioned on this subject, and have been blessed accordingly.
Let us come to a right understanding: God is God! We bring nothing to the party, but filthy rags. It is the pinnacle of arrogance to think that we some how dignify or elevate the assembling of God's people with our mere presence. Look at the Pharisee and the publican. The publican who stood far off, who could not lift his eyes and cried to God from his heart went to his house justified. In other words, the publican met with the Great I AM; because, God was God and he was a sinner who recognized that he needed God's mercy. Meeting God on God's terms is what has always changed the lives of God's people.
More tomorrow, God bless you all.
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