We are to make a joyful shout to the LORD and to serve Him with gladness; come before
His presence with singing!
We are to know that the LORD He is
God: Know HIM like we read from…Psalm 46:10 NKJV 10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!........we are to be still and know He is good....but we still proceed walking with Him but not rattled nor anxious about things
WE
are not invited to worship God in ways that seem right to us! Proverb 21:2-3
NKJV 2 Every way of man
is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts. 3 To do righteous and
justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
We are in right standing with God because of the mouth and heart commitment of believing Him Savior and Lord. We are righteous because of His righteousness. So we worship in accordance with His righteousness. We are to worship that is regulated according to Scripture and we can see that this procedure certainly matters to God in Leviticus10!
Just ask Nadab & Abihu: Leviticus 10:1-7 NKJV Then Nadab & Abihu, these sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, & offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. 2 So fire went out from the LORD & devoured them, & they died before the LORD. 3 And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke saying, ‘By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; & before all the people I must be glorifed.’ So Aaron held his peace. 4 Then Moses called Mishael & Elzaphan the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, & said to them, “Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.” 5 So they went near and carried them by their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said. 6 And Moses said to Aaron, & to Eleazar & Ithamar, his sons, “Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, & wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning with which the LORD has kindled. 7 You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.
Oh that is right, you cannot ask them for they died! Yikes!
We are in right standing with God because of the mouth and heart commitment of believing Him Savior and Lord. We are righteous because of His righteousness. So we worship in accordance with His righteousness. We are to worship that is regulated according to Scripture and we can see that this procedure certainly matters to God in Leviticus10!
Just ask Nadab & Abihu: Leviticus 10:1-7 NKJV Then Nadab & Abihu, these sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, & offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. 2 So fire went out from the LORD & devoured them, & they died before the LORD. 3 And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke saying, ‘By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; & before all the people I must be glorifed.’ So Aaron held his peace. 4 Then Moses called Mishael & Elzaphan the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, & said to them, “Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.” 5 So they went near and carried them by their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said. 6 And Moses said to Aaron, & to Eleazar & Ithamar, his sons, “Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, & wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning with which the LORD has kindled. 7 You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.
Oh that is right, you cannot ask them for they died! Yikes!
Elements
of Worship consist of: Prayer, Tithes & Offerings, Confessing sin and the
Lord’s Supper
1. Prayer:
Proverbs 15:8 NKJV The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
That prayer request brings God’s pleasure from the righteous man
or woman
2. Tithes: Malachi 3:10-11
NKJV Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in
My house, and try Me now in this. Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open
for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there
will not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for
your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the
vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field.” Says the LORD of hosts.
3. Tithing & offerings to
God is not about getting something in return but it is about that obedience of
faith to place our finances into His hand….and frankly most have not submitted
their hearts or their money to His protection.
And God will certainly multiply what we place in His hand. But a $1 is still only a dollar. How Big do we really see God in our lives that we only trust Him with a dollar or two?
4. Tithing for me and my
husband is like a proving ground to prove God that He will increase what we
have given Him …..that which is above that 10 percent of the 1/10th
…..it is about worshiping him with our finances that He has gotten into our
hands and we worship Him with even more.
5. Offerings: Luke 21:1-4 And He looked up & saw the rich
putting their gifts into the treasure, & He saw also a certain poor widow
putting in two mites. 3 So He said, Truly I say to you that this poor widow has
put in more than all; 4 “for all these out of their abundance have put in
offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that
she had.
Offerings are above and beyond the tithe given to God in worship to Him! And sometimes it hurts to let go of what we think is ours, but truly all belongs to God. He is the Creator!
6. Confessing Sin: is that knowing you just cut a person off that was trying to merge onto the interstate but you gave him no room. That is knowingly doing something against another person. Sin! We confess it quickly like 1 John 1:9 tells us: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
7. The Lord’s Supper : to worship the Lord for all He did for us, those who believe on His name and live by faith for what He accomplished at the Cross!
WE are not to be worship entrepreneurs: God is He
who is to be the object of our worship. Ambition and
self-confidence should not be in the forefront of our thinking; self confidence
is thinking we know how to connect with God and we certainly are
about connecting with Him but it is for His glory and not for ours. It is not good to have such a willingness to take a
leap of faith in our own self-confidence for it can lead you down the wrong path!
What is God’s stated
will? And yes we can learn from mistakes, but it is about pleasing the Father
…………….not to lean on that trust in the respect we have for our team but to lean on the honor we give to
our Father as that team working together for His praise and His glory that will actually do His will on earth as it is in Heaven.
You and I should know we have the ability to learn from our mistakes and then not do them again. Scripture tells us that God does not require our worship as though he needs something from us : Acts 17:22-25. Rather, God calls us to worship him because of His essential worthiness.
You and I should know we have the ability to learn from our mistakes and then not do them again. Scripture tells us that God does not require our worship as though he needs something from us : Acts 17:22-25. Rather, God calls us to worship him because of His essential worthiness.
Worship and
obedience are inseparable. The Bible does not separate persons from their
deeds. How will we worship God this week? Will we give Him our whole hearts into tithing, into offering and even confessing when we cut someone off on the highway? Yes, that last one can come back to bite for it is a seed sown and not for good that will come to a harvest in your life!
Take a moment and consider our Great God who has us on His mind. Where will you worship Him today? And what will we give Him from our heart?
James 4 gives us some wisdom about staying away from pride. James 4:4-8 NKJV Adulterers and Adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who dwells in us years jealously"? 6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 7 Therefore submit to god. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded.
The Spirit of God yearns that you and I would not yield to the world and choose to become those who are estranged from Him and hostile towards His word, His ways and His life! A good thing to note from all this is if the devil is harassing you, then most likely you have not submitted yourself to God in all areas of your life. We can not pick and choose what portions of our life God can have reign over and then relentlessly consider to love the world in other areas of our lives especially in the area of entertainment.
We must serve Him with all our hearts! What will we choose today? To be harassed by the devil, to have him running rampant through our lives and those of our children, rampant through our homes where rest cannot be found or are we willing to submit to God to live in a joyful place where we abide in His goodness that flows through our lives, through our homes, our jobs and through the lives of our children to impact our communities for God. Let's submit to God and stand in that righteousness that appears as those who live in peace filled lives where joy and freedom are seen when we truly choose to embrace God and His ways! Amen!
James 4 gives us some wisdom about staying away from pride. James 4:4-8 NKJV Adulterers and Adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who dwells in us years jealously"? 6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 7 Therefore submit to god. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded.
The Spirit of God yearns that you and I would not yield to the world and choose to become those who are estranged from Him and hostile towards His word, His ways and His life! A good thing to note from all this is if the devil is harassing you, then most likely you have not submitted yourself to God in all areas of your life. We can not pick and choose what portions of our life God can have reign over and then relentlessly consider to love the world in other areas of our lives especially in the area of entertainment.
We must serve Him with all our hearts! What will we choose today? To be harassed by the devil, to have him running rampant through our lives and those of our children, rampant through our homes where rest cannot be found or are we willing to submit to God to live in a joyful place where we abide in His goodness that flows through our lives, through our homes, our jobs and through the lives of our children to impact our communities for God. Let's submit to God and stand in that righteousness that appears as those who live in peace filled lives where joy and freedom are seen when we truly choose to embrace God and His ways! Amen!
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