"He is all."
What a wonderful truth but do our lives proclaim that truth? Too often they proclaim something very
different, He is part, or He is 10% or less.
The gratitude, awe, wonder and worship of our lives tells the tale of
the tape. There are more reasons to praise God than His creation but that is
the first thing we observe that draws our eyes away from self, so it is a
wonderful place to start our praise. We too
often take this for granted, the change of the seasons, the infinite variety of
life, both plants and animals, the varieties even of soil, clouds, water, and
people. We are to summon all our
strength to praise Him and it is important that we praise Him with all our
being, it raises us from the muck and mire of temporary circumstance towards
eternity and it gives us new perspective and new hope. Today, let Him be all.
How ludicrous that they should upbraid Jesus for healing
this woman simply because it was the Sabbath.
She had been bent over for eighteen years in their midst and they either
couldn't heal her or it had never occurred to anyone to even ask God to heal
her and now she stands upright and their response isn't worship and praise but
rather pinch-lipped criticism of Jesus for healing her. It is amazing what we can miss when it
doesn't fit our model. The result was
not simply healing, she glorified God, she knew who the Healer truly was, so
how did the others miss it. Can you
stand upright today? You have something
for which to glorify God today. If you
glorify Him for something as simple as that, something you take for granted,
what else can you do for which you should give Him glory? Now He is becoming all.
Harmful and painful sores come upon people, the watercourses
of earth are rendered undrinkable, the sun becomes so fiercely hot as to scorch
people, and they don't glorify Him but curse Him. Surely not.
I have no doubt of this, when things go badly the first person people
blame is God, asking why He allows such things.
There is nothing in human nature that would lead me to believe the
reaction of most would be any different than described here. Finally, the kingdom of the beast was plunged
into darkness, and people still cursed God because they preferred the
beast. We need to glorify God in all
things lest we be deceived ultimately. Where
your treasure is…
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