uncrossable rivers?

We Bring the Sacrifice?

The Sacrifice  of Praise!

The sense of the presence of the Lord among us is desired and requested, not presumed upon.   How often do we presumptuously gather, expecting to hear from God and not waiting upon the Lord?   God can come in His mercy or in His wrath to enter into our worship.  Presumption, I fear is most often our way.  Presumptuous that we are here and God must follow our protocol.  No, sometimes He says to us.  I will not follow your protocol.  I will follow righteousness and the fear of the Lord, as my word demands.  See what God said to His own children who had been led by his hand out of Egypt.  Righteousness and following the fear of God is more important to God, than protocol.  Certainly.  He has given us instructors and people to guide us in His Word, for many, many years and still we stand at the bottom of the mountain of the Lord and profess that we don’t know what He demands of us. 

God comes near, at times and restores our joy.  Not always, but sometimes.  He reproves us, sometimes and we are undone.  We have not loved you as we ought…

We owe Him praise and worship.  That bill we don’t pay!  That bill we keep for our presumption.  Not in heart and certainly not in word do we praise Him and it condemns us each time we gather for some lesser event to praise MAN.  We praise each other and we praise ourselves, but God’s praise is empty!  Let us think and restore the praise of the Lord in our midst!