We Respond

Dear Worshipers,

We Respond

This is the last week we will be looking into the vision statement. I know that we have been at this for a while now, but I want to spend a couple more weeks looking at our vision statement.

Our Worship Ministries exist to nurture worship as a lifestyle
characterized by sincere responses to God’s self-revelations.

This week I want to consider how we respond to God. Henry Blackaby in his Bible study Experiencing God makes this statement, "What you do next after the Spirit of God speaks to you through His Word is crucial.” What you do next says a lot about what you believe about God.

There are significant revelations, moments when God is unmistakably speaking. Think about Moses and his long discussion with God in Exodus 3 and 4, and its consequences. [He had to speak through Aaron.] When we respond with a lack of faith, we suffer the consequences of our disobedience.

There are also many more less significant revelations, the everyday ones. How we respond to them prepares us to respond to the others. When we respond in traffic, at school, at work or at home with reverent obedience, it prepares us for the next time.

As concerned as I am that you will respond to God in those life-changing moments like the one Moses had, I am honestly more interested in helping you cultivate a life of response, made up of many smaller responses. I had a good friend say years ago, a faithful life is made up of many acts of faithfulness. I want to help you nurture that kind of life.

Here is my challenge for you today. When God reveals Himself to you, respond. Maybe it will be in an opportunity to die to self [Galatians 2:20], maybe to serve others [John 13:14-17]. Maybe you will actually have to speak of His worth in some simple way [Hebrews 13:15]. Maybe it will be offering a reason for the hope you have in Christ Jesus [1 Peter 3:15]. Maybe it will be to respond to some unkindness kindly [Matthew 5:39].

Only the Lord knows how He will reveal Himself to you today, but you can purpose right now to respond in reverent obedience. As you do, your experience of worship will heighten, and your life of worship will strengthen. My prayer for you is that your life would be characterized by sincere responses to every revelation of God. May our collective efforts bring glory to His matchless name.

In Christ,

Pastor Scott