May 29, 2018 Tuesday

“« A Psalm of David. » Give unto the LORD, O you mighty ones, Give unto the LORD glory and strength. Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” (Psalm 29:1-2 NKJV)

            How can I give God “glory and strength”?  How can I give anything to God who is everything?  How can I “Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness”?

            God created us to have a relationship and so we could walk and talk directly with God.  To put it simply God wanted us to know His love and to love Him!  Adam and Eve had a direct relationship with God and enjoyed walking and talking together!

            How can we begin to understand such a thing?  Because of our sin and brokenness even through Jesus Christ we are only able to draw so close to God.  To see God face to face is still only a sweet and lingering hope of our soul.

            One of the saddest statements in the Bible is when it says men began to call on the name of God!  The more sin became who we are the farther from God we became until we no longer could relate with but had to call upon God. 

            Some say God gave up on us and that is why the distance grew.  Beliefs like that are only our attempt to blame God for the results of our brokenness and sin.  Like an addict we do not want to admit our responsibility for all that destroys us.

            God is holy and our sin makes us unholy and unable to come into God’s presence.  So God made the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus to rebuild that relationship.  God had every right to destroy us outright or to simply let us destroy ourselves but chose to make a way for us to return to God and to life!

            We must be holy to come into the presence of a holy God but we are unable to make ourselves holy.  Through Jesus Christ we are made holy and are able to come into God’s presence.  Some believe salvation is the goal of God but in truth salvation is the way for God to achieve the goal of us having a relationship with God!

            By becoming holy through Jesus Christ we reveal the glory of God and strengthen God’s message that we can once again have a relationship with God!  By this we not only reveal God’s holiness and strength we also make God smile!

            Have you sought to be made holy through the forgiveness we can receive through Jesus?  Have you sought to honor God and seek to honor and lift God up?

            Once again I woke early and could not get back to sleep.  When this happens I cannot go to sleep but I feel weary to the bone.  I see Dr Barker tomorrow and hope she can help.