Psalm 122
English
Standard Version (ESV)
A Song of Ascents. Of
David.
122
I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house
of the Lord!”
2
Our feet have been standing
within your gates, O
Jerusalem!
3
Jerusalem—built as a city
that is bound firmly
together,
4
to which the tribes go up,
the tribes of the
Lord,
as was decreed for[a] Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5
There thrones for judgment were set,
the thrones of the house
of David.
6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
“May they be secure who
love you!
7
Peace be within your walls
and security within your
towers!”
8
For my brothers and companions' sake
I will say, “Peace be
within you!”
9
For the
sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.
John 4:20-26
English Standard Version (ESV)
20 Our fathers worshiped on
this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to
worship.” 21 Jesus said to her,
“Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in
Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do
not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming,
and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and
truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those
who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him,
“I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he
will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I
who speak to you am he.” http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A20&version=ESV
1
Corinthians 3:16
English Standard Version (ESV)
16 Do you not know that you[a] are God's temple and
that God's Spirit dwells in you?
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=I+Corinthians+3%3A16&version=ESV
What
is worship? Dictionary. Com has several
meanings of worship mentioned from corporate worship to business worship, to
idol worship but the one I will use today is adoring reverence or regard. How do we worship God? We worship Him through our reverence to Him,
by adoring Him for being Him. Where do
we worship God? Jesus was pretty clear
that a time would come and it came where our worship would not have to be in a
Temple in Jerusalem or on top of a mountain but could be within us. There was a time that God dwelt in the Temple
and those who did not know God thought they needed to go to the mountaintop to
worship. I would imagine they felt they were a little closer to Him there. Jesus changed all of that though by dwelling
amongst the people, by taking the burden of sin away, and by sending the Holy
Spirit to dwell within us. We no longer
have to go through a priest for God to hear us.
Nor do we have to go to a special place for God to hear us. We can adore and praise Him no matter where
we are or what we are doing. We don’t
have to wait to thank God for what He has done in our lives, we can do it right
now, right here! God is a God of wonder,
He is a God of greatness, He is a God of peace, power, and majesty, why should
we wait to worship, we need to do it now?
And He has given us the opportunity to do so.
As
I sit here and write this blog, I am worshipping. I am adoring the One who brought me to this
place. No matter where we are or what we
are doing worship, adoration to God, should always be our stance. Does that mean that we don’t have to go to
church? No, but what it does mean is
that we do not have to hold off on worshipping God until we get to church. When we walk into church we do so to
corporately give God praise and adoration.
What it means is that you don’t have to wait, God is here, God is there,
God is everywhere. Worship Him and adore
Him as you seek Him and know Him with your whole heart.
Seeking
Him with all my heart,
Sheila
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