God doesn’t need me to worship Him (though I’ll do it just the same), He has an entire universe that glorifies His name. Praise to the LORD from Creation Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light! Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created. He also established […]
Glorifying God Above Self
In John 3:30 John the Baptist says of Jesus, “He must increase, but I must decrease” (NKJV). John had a very specific role to play in furthering God’s Kingdom. We all do and God gives us skills and talents to fulfill that role. I was thinking about my skill/talent the other day and just how good I am at it. I was wondering what other people thought of me, if they were impressed by what I can do, and how I could be better. The truth was, I was quite self-absorbed in that moment. Then God quietly reminded me that my talent was not given to me to glorify myself […]
Service Wasn’t Beneath The King
This morning as I stood in front of the kitchen sink I was nearly taken over by a woe-is-me, selfish attitude. Don’t they know how much I do for them? I am so under appreciated, I thought. Then in His goodness and grace He quietly reminded me that service was not beneath Him, The King, and service is certainly is not beneath me. Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper and laid aside His garments, […]
The Primary Teacher
I use to believe that my children needed to go to Children’s Church to receive the bulk of their christian education; that the Sunday school teacher had the primary role in this education and I was to reenforce that teacher. I had it backwards. Proverbs 22:6 tells us “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it” (NKJV). In Deuteronomy 6:7 we are told, “You shall teach (the greatest commandment) diligently to your children, and shall talk of (it) when you sit in […]
Responsibility
And he said to him, “Well done good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.” ~ Luke 19:17 (NKJV) This verse is from The Parable of the Minas and it teaches us much about responsibility. Many of us want something greater – a greater position at work, greater finances, bigger ministries. But let us remember that God gives us each something to be responsible for. That something may seem small or insignificant, but we must learn to be responsible with what we have been given before we can successfully […]
Be still…
Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth (Psalm 46:10). In other words, quit being busy and focus on God. Take time to know who He is and seek His will in your life.
Wives and Mothers
You spend most of your day serving your husband and your children. You probably are tired… no, exhausted… and you may even feel that the work you do is under-appreciated. Oh, what a humble role you fill. Yes, a humble role, one which requires you to continually put the needs of others before yourself. Do you feel neglected, demeaned, or forgotten? You are not. Please remember that “whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:12). You are loved.