Giving Our All to God…
Read Malachi 1:6-8,11:
In our world today, words such as integrity, honesty, authentic, real and trust have come upon hard times.
Today there is a genuine need for credible and authentic people to arise in every arena of life.
Far too many businesses, institutions and government agencies as well as CEO’s, politicians and church leaders have proven themselves to be fraudulent, not worthy of trust.
There are just too many “phonies” and not enough sincere, real and honorable people whose lives speak of justice and purity.
About 400 years before Jesus was born a prophet named Malachi delivered a stinging indictment of the careless, profane, and haphazard way in which people were serving God.
He begins with the priests and enlarges the scope of his message to include all who worship God in such an unacceptable way.
He classified their worship as indifferent, careless, half-hearted, and said their attitude toward God invited a heap of curses from Him rather than His blessings.
Hear the heartbreak of God in Malachi 1:6 –
“A son honors his father, a servant honors his master. Where is My honor? Where is the reverential fear due My name?”
There are four areas in which God calls upon us today to be credible and authentic before Him:
- In our profession
- In our gifts
- In our service
- In our time
We should not just give lip service to worshipping God, but let our worship come out of our lives. The quality of our worship must be reflective of who God is – a great King.
The choice is to give God the first, the best, the purest, the perfect and open yourself up to a blessing
God is a great King and service to Him should not be boring, but a joy and an honor.
Members of the church will sit through 2-hour movies, 2-3 hour baseball, football and soccer games, and often want it to continue. Those same people complain if the church service is much more than 90 minutes.
We have lost our credibility in worship. We must become more authentic in the profession of our lips, the use of our gifts, the investment of our service, and the use of our time.
