Chance to Worship
It is Sunday morning... about 8:20, and I am preparing for, yet another chance to worship my Lord and Savior Jesus. I am blessed with a job that is very flexible... there are certain tasks that need to be done everyday, some days are busier than others... Sundays, well it only takes me about 3-4 hrs. to complete my work (if everything goes well). And, it makes no difference when I do these things during the day, so I got up at about 4:45 and left for work... this will allow me to be home in time for church, and then to spend the rest of the day with my wife and family. It's Mother's Day, so I wanted to get around early so as to free up the afternoon to be with them... especially my mother, who lives about 20 miles away.
So, I was able to worship God in the sunrise... and now, I will go and worship with my brothers and sisters in Christ and worship as a group.
As Christians, we are so blessed to have a Savior that accepts and blesses our worship in so many ways. We need no priest or cleric to intercede for us, for Jesus hears us Himself... and even our simplest jestures of prayer and worship please Him as a sweet aroma to His breath. I am even able to worship in my work each day. So many around me don't understand this concept. They wonder, why do you work so hard while you know that you can get along with so much less and still please the boss. It is because I have another boss to answer to... and it pleases me, not to mention adding meaning and joy to my day, to be able to please Him in such a simple way. So, I look foreward to worshipping Him this morning in church. Some say that they don't have to go to church to be a Christian... I don't want to argue with them... but, I would answer, as a Christian... I get to go to church this morning... another chance to worship.
One last thing before I have to go... we have 4 people from our church who are, as I am writing this, over in Liberia, Africa on a two week mission trip. I recieved an e-mail this morning in which they reported that at least 2000 more people have been added to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ because of their efforts! Praise Jesus, who is still on His throne in heaven!
My fellow Christians... each day, we see and hear all manner of things that relate the fact that the world is ever waxing worse and worse into what seems a dark abyss... but our Lord is still in control of everything. So, we must choose... will we spend all of our energy cursing the darkness... or praise and worship the light? I will choose the later... another chance to worship.
May God bless all of our mothers on their special day...
