Do you ever have one of those days? A day that you have a lot of things that need to be done but a day when you are just feeling blah? A day that you cannot even think of what needs to be done or you just don't know where to begin? I'm having one of those days. Today is most definitely a Monday. I just can't seem to get my act together. I feel like I have piddled all day long. If I were to make a list, I think I have actually been productive today but it just feels like I haven't done anything at all.
So, where does that leave me? I am sitting here at my desk wondering what to write. What comes to mind is simply, "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." (Psalm 118: 24) It truly is a beautiful day. The sun is shining, the temperature is 74 degrees, and the wind is light. Not only is it a beautiful day but God has given me another day to live on this earth to serve Him and to glorify Him through my walk. May my walk please Him and affect others to want to know why I have joy in my heart.
May you always rejoice in the day because it belongs to God! May you always have a smile on your face because Christ lives in you!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Lip Service
It's not enough to give lip service to God.
Yesterday, as I sat in the church pew during Communion, I began thinking about the ways in which we think we honor God. We show up to church on Sundays and we sing and we pray and we listen to a sermon. We honor God with our lips--which is certainly admirable--but do our actions really reflect our attitude toward God?
Perhaps our actions (or rather lack thereof) do reflect our attitude toward God. Perhaps our attitude toward God is, at the core, shallow and meaningless. Perhaps we have lost sight of who God is and what he has done for us; the ransomed ones.
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) God did not just tell us that he loves us. Rather, his demonstration of his love included the death of his son. It was not good enough for God that we should live as sinners and be separated from him. Rather, he found a more perfect redemption for us--HIS SON!
Why then, do we say that we are Christians and that we love and honor God while we are sitting on the sidelines instead of fighting for the cause of Christ. We live in a society that has turned from God. We live in a society that mocks God and mocks the godly principles that we, as Christians, know to be right and know to be pleasing to the Father. Even some who profess to be Christians have succumb to Satan's lies that it doesn't matter what you do as long as you say you love God.
Isn't it time that Christians in America and around the world stop giving lip service to God and start honoring him with our actions by shoving Satan and his deceptive ways out of our society?
Yesterday, as I sat in the church pew during Communion, I began thinking about the ways in which we think we honor God. We show up to church on Sundays and we sing and we pray and we listen to a sermon. We honor God with our lips--which is certainly admirable--but do our actions really reflect our attitude toward God?
Perhaps our actions (or rather lack thereof) do reflect our attitude toward God. Perhaps our attitude toward God is, at the core, shallow and meaningless. Perhaps we have lost sight of who God is and what he has done for us; the ransomed ones.
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) God did not just tell us that he loves us. Rather, his demonstration of his love included the death of his son. It was not good enough for God that we should live as sinners and be separated from him. Rather, he found a more perfect redemption for us--HIS SON!
Why then, do we say that we are Christians and that we love and honor God while we are sitting on the sidelines instead of fighting for the cause of Christ. We live in a society that has turned from God. We live in a society that mocks God and mocks the godly principles that we, as Christians, know to be right and know to be pleasing to the Father. Even some who profess to be Christians have succumb to Satan's lies that it doesn't matter what you do as long as you say you love God.
Isn't it time that Christians in America and around the world stop giving lip service to God and start honoring him with our actions by shoving Satan and his deceptive ways out of our society?
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