7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
These two little verses say so much about God Almighty. I do not believe that God sits back and gets joy and entertainment from ceremonies, from rituals or even from modern day church services that just go through the motions of serving him. God is so much more than that. We can't even begin to truly understand who and what he is, but verse eight gives great enlightenment if we would only see. His joy comes from seeing his creation showing love to one another, having mercy on those that are not deserving of it. It comes from seeing us live humble lives knowing that no matter how much wealth we accumulate that we are still made from the dust of the earth and are no better than our neighbor. It comes from a one on one relationship with you and with me. Assembling ourselves together to worship him is wonderful, but I do not believe it is for God's benefit. I believe it is to build up our faith and strengthen us. I believe if we as Christians want to be pleasing to the Lord, then we must have a personal relationship with him. My son could come to all the family gatherings and things like that and it would be nice to see him doing that, but what truly pleases me is when he comes just to me, to sit and talk with me, just the two of us. I believe God as our creator is so much like a parent and that when we go to him one on one, that is what is pleasing to him and that is what will bring him joy. In fact, he even told us we would be rewarded for coming to him in secret.
Mathew 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
I want to encourage you today to begin to build that relationship with Christ that will truly make your life complete and be pleasing unto God.
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
These two little verses say so much about God Almighty. I do not believe that God sits back and gets joy and entertainment from ceremonies, from rituals or even from modern day church services that just go through the motions of serving him. God is so much more than that. We can't even begin to truly understand who and what he is, but verse eight gives great enlightenment if we would only see. His joy comes from seeing his creation showing love to one another, having mercy on those that are not deserving of it. It comes from seeing us live humble lives knowing that no matter how much wealth we accumulate that we are still made from the dust of the earth and are no better than our neighbor. It comes from a one on one relationship with you and with me. Assembling ourselves together to worship him is wonderful, but I do not believe it is for God's benefit. I believe it is to build up our faith and strengthen us. I believe if we as Christians want to be pleasing to the Lord, then we must have a personal relationship with him. My son could come to all the family gatherings and things like that and it would be nice to see him doing that, but what truly pleases me is when he comes just to me, to sit and talk with me, just the two of us. I believe God as our creator is so much like a parent and that when we go to him one on one, that is what is pleasing to him and that is what will bring him joy. In fact, he even told us we would be rewarded for coming to him in secret.
Mathew 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
I want to encourage you today to begin to build that relationship with Christ that will truly make your life complete and be pleasing unto God.
