Maintaining

SO, I wonder what the Lord has been challenging you with since Sunday mornings message about “Maintaining”. During staff meeting this morning, Pastor David prayed for us as a church that we would dwell in constant communion with God. The Holy Spirit reminded me in that moment that we exist as a worship ministry to foster that kind of intimacy.

We talk about worship as a lifestyle, which already is beginning to sound dated. Maybe a better way of putting it is that it must be a way of life, THE way of life for us. We must live to maintain our relationship to God, for otherwise we have no life, or have we forgotten.

When we live with a right understanding of Who He is, then we can more accurately see ourselves. When we live with a right understanding of Who He is, we long to glorify Him. When we live with a right understanding of Who He is, we are apt to worship. That is the best way to maintain your relationship with God, worship Him.

Does that characterize your living today? When the Lord presents you with an opportunity to die to self and live for Christ through the strain of a relationship at work or at home, do you worship Him? When you are suddenly given the opportunity to share a part of the story of God’s goodness to you to a co-worker or classmate, do you take advantage of it or let it slip by? When the Spirit of the Living God gives you the chance to display His power, do you cover it with your weakness? Claim His mercies, new every morning and walk under the influence of His Spirit today. Cry out to heaven to hear you and help you. God will hear if you but call out to Him.

As we look forward to knowing and abiding, let us make certain we are maintaining.

In Christ,

Pastor Scott