Take God Seriously!

I get the privilege of teaching for chapel at one of our Christian schools here in town tomorrow to a group of junior highers. Pray for me!

Seriously, it will be fun to share with them about worship and what it means from God's perspective. They have a theme verse that I think will just help move the conversation in the right direction in Micah 6:8 - "He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."

In short, live your life as a daily, committed act of worship to your Creator. God's Word is not a secret on what to do, how to live and where to go for advice. It's as simple as black and white.

Lately, I'm getting more and more disgusted with churches that are fighting over music, historical traditions, preferences and the like because these people think it's all about them and what they want. Sorry. Wrong answer. It's all about what God wants and what God desires. When we, the church, get caught up in all that crap, tell me how that helps us to act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God. Don't see it.

Whenever we, the church, let stuff get in the way of what He desires for us, we fall short. We put us ahead of Him and that is the same as sinning. Micah said it nicely, but one way to take the last part of verse 8 is this - stop taking yourself so seriously and TAKE GOD SERIOUSLY! He's already made it clear as day how to live, so go do it! Live for the King - make a difference for the Kingdom!

See ya in church...