If you love Sunday, what about Monday?
Chapter 10
If you love Sunday, what about Monday?
Moses was tending the flocks of Jethro, his father-in-law, a priest of Madian took the sheep through the desert and arrived at Horeb, mountain of God. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a fire in the midst of a bush; and he looked, and saw that the the bush was burning with fire, and the bush was not consumed. Then Moses he said: I will go now and see this great vision, for what reason the bush does not burn. Seeing that he was going to see, God called him from the midst of the bush, and said: Moses, Moses! And he answered: Here I am. And he said: Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are is holy ground. And he said: I am the God of your father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. Then Moses covered his face, for he was afraid of to look at God.
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Are you the kind of person who reverently and silently bows your head when you enter a Christian church? I wouldn't be surprised if her response was negative. There is pain in my spirit every time I enter to an average church because we have become a generation that quickly loses all sense of the sacred and the divine in our worship. Many of those who have grown up in our churches they no longer think in terms of reverence, which seems to indicate that they doubt that the presence of God is there.
In many of our churches, it is possible to detect the attitude that everything is valid. My observation is that losing the awareness of God in Our medium is such a terrible loss that we could never understand it. Much of the blame is due to a growing acceptance of a worldly secularism that seems much more attractive to the people of the church who hunger or thirst for spiritual life
pleases God. We secularize God, we secularize the gospel of Christ and we do the same with worship.
That kind of churches will never produce powerful men of God and spiritually firm. From that kind of churches, neither will arise a spiritual movement of prayer warriors not a revival. Yes God must be honored, revered, and worshiped in truth, perhaps should get rid of all of us and start things over in another place.
There is a need for true worship among us. If God is who claims to be and if we are the people who believe in God, as we usually assert it, we must adore it. I don't think that ever let us truly delight in the worship of God if we never we have had a personal and spiritual encounter with Him through the new birth that is produced by the Holy Spirit of God.
Nowadays we have such simple and secular ways to persuade. to the people so that they enter the kingdom of God that we can no longer find men willing to seek God in a sincere way. When the we bring to the church, they have no idea what it means to love and adore God because, on the path through which we have been driven, they never experienced a personal encounter, a crisis or the need to genuinely repent. We only give them a Bible verse with a promise of forgiveness.
Oh, how I long to be able to properly manifest the glory of he who is worthy of being the focus of our worship! I believe that if our new converts (the babies in Christ) might come to see the thousands of attributes of God and to understand them, even if only in part. who is God, would be transformed into a deep desire for to adore, honor, and acknowledge the Lord from now and forever.
I know that many disillusioned Christians do not really believe in the sovereignty of God. In that case, we do not fulfill our role of humble followers who trust in God and his Son Jesus Christ. No however, that is the reason why Christ Jesus came into the world. The
theologians of old referred to it as theanthropism, the union of the divine and human natures in Christ. I take off my shoes and I I kneel before this burning bush, this mystery that I cannot grasp. understand.
The teanthropy is the mystery of God and man united in one person. not two persons, but two natures. Therefore, the nature of God and the nature of man are united in him who is our Lord Jesus Christ. All that is God and all that is man are found together. fused in an eternal and inseparable way in Christ.
Consider Moses' experience in the desert while I contemplated the fire that burned the bush without consuming it. Moses did not hesitate for an instant to kneel before the bush and worship God, because I was not worshipping a bush, but God and His glory.
This is an imperfect illustration because the bramble remained a bramble. once the fire was extinguished. But this man, Christ Jesus, is the Eternal Son. There has not been a single moment in which God has separated from Him, except for that terrible moment when Jesus He cried out: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew The Father turned His back on the Son for a moment when He he bore upon himself the putrid burden of our sin and guilt, when dying in the cross not for itself, but for us.
The deity and humanity have never been separated, and to this day they remain united in this Man. When we kneel before from Him and we say: "My Lord and my God, your throne, oh God, is eternal," We are talking to God.
I believe that the prophets of God were able to see the future centuries and to contemplate the mysteries of God much more than we have It could be done with our modern telescopes and our means. electronics to measure light years, planets, and galaxies. The prophets They saw the Lord our God. They saw Him in His beauty and tried to describe it. In doing so, they said it was radiant, beautiful, pleasant, beautiful. They said it was full of grace and royalty. They described it as
a majestic being and yet full of meekness. They saw him just and full of truth. They tried to describe their love and concluded that in Him there was joy and it was a pleasant balm that produces delight.
When the prophets try to describe the attributes, grace and the dignity of the God who appeared to them and dealt with them, the words that They make me kneel and follow the given recommendation: "He is your" Lord; worship him.
God is beautiful, just, and majestic, and yet is full of a grace that It does not take away from his majesty. He is humble, but his humility does not diminish him either. to His Majesty. The humility and majesty of Jesus are characteristics that makes me long to be able to write an anthem or compose music that celebrate those attributes. Where else is it possible to find majesty and humility united?
Humility was his humanity and majesty his deity. In Him both they are eternally united. He was so humble that he fed from the breast from her mother, she cried like any baby and needed all the care human that any child needs.
But he was also God, and in his majesty he stood before Herod and Pilate. When he returns, descending from heaven, we will see his majesty, the majesty of God, the Man who is God. That is our Lord. Jesus Christ, who, before his enemies, presents himself in majesty but, before his friends, he shows humility. Men have the freedom to choose the side they want to be on. If they don't want to know the side humble of Jesus, they will know his majesty.
On earth, children came to Him just like the sick and the Sinners. The man possessed by demons also came to Jesus. Those who were aware of their needs came from all over and they touched Him and discovered that there was so much humility in Him that His power
he poured out and healed them. When he returns to appear on the earth, he will do so in majesty; in that royal condition, she will deal with pride, the self-sufficiency, the presumption and vanity of human beings for
in the midst of a glorious act, for the Bible says that every knee will bow every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is the Lord and the King.
When we really come to know him, it is inevitable to love him and to adore it. Although we are the people of God, we are usually so confused that they could call us the poor, clumsy, and lame people. The the reason I say this is because many always think about the worship as something we do especially when we go to the church, which we call the house of God because we have dedicated it to Him. We hold onto the erroneous idea that this must be the only place in that we can worship him.
Let us go to the house of the Lord, made of brick and wood, decorated with carpets and books. We are used to hearing a call to the worship: 'The Lord is in His holy temple; let us kneel before Him of Him." That is what happens on Sunday in the church, and it is very beautiful. But Monday arrives soon. The Christian manager goes to his office to work. The Christian teacher is heading to the classroom. The mother Cristiana takes care of her chores at home.
On Monday, while we focused on our different tasks and responsibilities, are we aware of the presence of God? The The Lord still wishes to be in His holy temple, no matter where let's go. He wants the love, the delight, and the continuous adoration of his children, wherever we work.
Isn't it something beautiful that the Christian businessman arrives to her office on Monday morning with a deep desire to worship? Isn't it beautiful that upon arrival I can say: 'The Lord is in my office;' everyone be silent before Him
If you cannot worship the Lord in the midst of all your activities then Monday, you most likely didn't worship it on Sunday either. church. The truth is that none of us has the ability to to deceive God. Therefore, if we are so busy with our tasks on the Saturday that we are far from his presence and far from a spirit of worship in those moments, we are not in the best condition to
worship it on Sunday. It seems to me that many people have the idea of that God is in a box. He is only in the sanctuary of the church and when we left and drove towards our home, we experienced a a kind of sensation, sometimes even unconscious, that we are leaving God in His immense box. You know that is not true. But, what is he doing about it?
God is not confined to a building, let alone to the car that you... drives either to your home or to the office where you work. The sincere Paul's exhortation to the Christians of Corinth is just as valid for our lives today as it was at the moment when the apostle wrote.
Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? you all? If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him. he; because the temple of God, which you are, is holy. (1 Corinthians 3:16–17).
If you do not know the presence of God in your office, your company, or your home, then God is not present in the church either when you I became a Christian when I was young and worked in one of the tire factories in Akron, Ohio. I remember what I did there and also how I adored.
Many tears were running down my face as I rose. my prayer to the Lord. No one has ever asked me anything about it but I would not have hesitated to explain to them the reason.
You can learn to perform certain tasks with such skill that the I did it automatically. I gained so much skill in my job that I could to do it while worshiping God even though my hands they were doing something different.
I have come to the conclusion that when we are worshiping (and that it can be while you are using some tool in the factory), if the love of God is in us and the Spirit of God places his worship in our hearts, all musical instruments What is in the sky sounds according to our tune. My conviction and
my experience is that the totality of our life, all our attitudes and all our being must be in constant worship to God. What is it in you that drives you to worship God?
Faith, love, obedience, loyalty, and self-control, all these characteristics drive people to worship God. If there is something in its interior that refuses to worship, then nothing that is in its One can worship God in the right way. You cannot to worship God in the right way if he has divided his life into different sections in such a way that some areas adore it and others do not.
Here is something that can become a great deception: to think that the Worship is only carried out in the church or in the midst of a storm. dangerous or when contemplating one of the magnificent, sublime, and unusual works of nature. I have been with some people who suddenly they became very spiritual upon witnessing the impressive shape of a steep mountain.
Sometimes it happens that when being in situations like that a person starts to shout: "A hurrah for Jesus", or some similar expression. My brother and sister in Christ, if we are children of God through faith and the Holy Spirit continuously brings us joy, delight and Astonishment, we will not need to put on a show in front of the mountain. to show how glorious our Lord is.
It is a deception to think that we are spiritual simply because we suddenly feel poetic and eloquent when contemplating the stars or nature or space. I just need to remind you that the Drunkards, criminals, and tyrants also experience that kind. of sensations, sublime. We must never think that this is worship.
It is impossible to give totally acceptable worship to God if we are aware that we harbor attitudes or in our lives situations that displease the Lord. It is impossible to worship with joy. and honesty to the Lord on Sundays and not doing the same on Mondays. It is it's impossible to worship God with a joyful song on Sunday and then to consciously displease him in my business on Monday and Tuesday.
I want to repeat what my perspective on worship is: There is not one. a form of worship that is entirely pleasing to God until in I do not want anything that displeases the Lord. Does that perspective demotivate you? to you?
Let me tell you that if you constantly listen to my teachings, you will be greatly comforted in the Spirit, but I have never had the intention to motivate people in the flesh. I have never had much faith in people by themselves. I sincerely respect the good ones. intentions that people have and I believe they can have the best disposition but in their flesh they cannot make their good intentions a reality Intentions. This happens because we are sinners and we are all in a dead-end situation, until we found the source of victory, the joy and the blessing in Jesus Christ.
There is nothing in any of us that can turn into something good. until Jesus Christ comes and changes us, until He dwells in us and unites our nature with that of God, the Almighty Father; only until then we can call ourselves good. That's why I tell you that the worship must be total; it must involve your whole being. Therefore you one must prepare to worship God and that preparation is not always Pleasant. It is likely that drastic changes will be needed in your life.
If there is going to be true and fervent worship in your life, some things must be destroyed, eliminated. The gospel of Jesus Christ it is certainly positive and constructive. But it must be destructive in some areas; that is, it must deal with and destroy certain elements that do not they can be part of a life that pleases God.
There have always been professing Christians who argue: "I worship in the name of Jesus." Apparently, they believe that worshiping God is a formula; they probably think that there is some kind of magic to pronounce the name of Jesus.
Study the Bible carefully and with the help of the Holy Spirit, and you will discover that the name and nature of Jesus are one and the same. It is not enough to know how to spell the name of Jesus. If we come to be
similar to Him in His nature, if we have reached the point of being able to ask according to His will, He will give us good things that we wish and we need.
We do not worship God merely with words; we must worship Him as result of a spiritual birth through which we experience that God has given us not only a name that He Thankful, but it has imparted to us a transformed nature. Pedro he manifested this truth in the following way:
Through which He has given us precious and very great promises, so that through them you might become participants of the divine nature, having fled from the corruption that exists in the world because of the lust (2 Peter 1:4).
Why, then, deceive ourselves about the way to please God in worship? If we live in a way mundane and carnal all day and then we meet in the middle of A midnight crisis, how to pray to a God who is holy? How I address the one who has asked me to worship him in spirit and in truth? I kneel and invoke the name of Jesus only because I think there is some kind of magic in that name?
If I continue living my life in a mundane and carnal way, I will be deceived and disappointed. If I do not live according to the true name and the nature of Jesus, I cannot pray in the appropriate way in that name. In other words, if I do not live according to the nature of Jesus, I also cannot pray correctly according to that nature.
How can we have hope to worship God in a way acceptable when these wicked elements remain in our nature without being corrected or purified or destroyed or transformed? Let's even accept that it is possible for a man with evil elements in their nature I managed to worship God in some way in a way that is reasonably acceptable. In that case, it is worth it. wonder what kind of life it is that is worth continuing taking her. God has been saying: "I want to dwell in you
thoughts. Turn your thoughts into a sanctuary in which I can live." It is not necessary to do something very bad to have the the need to sincerely repent for our sins. It is It is possible to lose communion with God and lose the strong feeling of His presence and the blessing of spiritual victory only by virtue of the fact to think in the wrong way.
I have discovered that God will never dwell in the midst of thoughts. corrupt and filthy; will not dwell in the midst of lustful thoughts and greedy and neither will it in the midst of proud thoughts and selfish. God asks us to make a sanctuary in our mind in the that He may dwell. He treasures our pure thoughts and loving, our thoughts humble, charitable and kind because those thoughts are similar to His.
When God dwells in your thoughts, you will worship naturally and God will accept that worship. In that way, He will be able to smell the incense. of his noble intentions even when the worries of life and the daily tasks are many. If God knows that your intention is to adore him with every part of your being, He has promised to help you achieve your goal. God puts love and grace, the promises at your disposal and the atonement, the constant help, and the presence of the Holy Spirit.
It is necessary for you to do your part that is related to the determination, the search, giving up, and believing for your heart become a chamber, a sanctuary, an altar in which there is communion and continuous and uninterrupted communication with God. when all this happens, their worship flows towards God moment by moment.
Two of Spurgeon's greatest sermons were: God in the silence and God in the storm. The heart that knows God can find God anywhere. Certainly, I adhere to Spurgeon. in the statement that a person filled with the Spirit of God, a a person who has had a real encounter with the living God, can to know the joy of worshiping Him whether in silence or in storms of life.
There is no need to contend because we know what God wants us to Let us be. He wants us to be worshipers.
