“Sing to the Lord, all
the earth;
proclaim his salvation
day after day. Declare his glory among
the nations,
his marvelous deeds
among all peoples. For great is the Lord
and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared
above all gods. For all the gods of the
nations are idols,
but the Lord made the
heavens. Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength
and joy are in his dwelling place.” 1
Chronicles 16:23-27
King David placed the Ark of the
Covenant of God in a tent set aside for the Lord. He appointed Levites, the
tribe that were anointed the priests of God, to minister before the tent
expressing praise and words of worship to their God. Above is some of what they had said.
Every day of our lives God is at work
making our path straight and our way clear.
Every day we have air in our lungs to breath when we rise in the
morning, it is because of Almighty God.
Even when a terrible plight comes upon us He is present to see us
through it. His deeds have been
chronicled throughout scripture, yet we easily forget how great our God truly
is. He is worthy to be praised every
day, not just on a solitary day late in November. Thanksgiving has been so
secularized that God is barely recognized at all in many households.
The gods of this world are all false
and lifeless. Anything that steals away
your time causing you to shift your focus off of our life giving, soul saving
God is an idol to you. We’ve stopped
reading His word and allowed the world and it’s troubles to creep into our
hearts. We become lazy regarding the
things of the Lord, choosing rather to do just about anything else
instead. If we disregarded our spouses
the way we disregard the Creator of the Universe we’d end up in divorce
court. Just because we cannot experience
Him with our senses we find it easy to dismiss Him thinking we’ll give Him time
at a later date. God patiently waits for
us to pull ourselves together and come back to the alter where we can meet with Him in solitude and listen to Him minister peace to our
soul.
The world is calling. Will you go off to engage in that which is
easy and fun or will you stay the course and enjoy the ease, enjoyment, peace
and hope that God provides in the comfort of His arms? The world is like the hollow chocolate Santa
you eat around the holidays. It provides
pleasure for a season, but is without substance inside. Worship God year round, but especially during
the season that celebrates Christ’s birth. Until next time, walk with the King
and be a blessing!
