Revival And Praise Series

Great are the works of the Lord!

If you’re sensing a dryness in your heart and your wanting to grow in a pilgrimage of praise, here is my counsel to you: become a ponderer.

Everyday God bombards us with countless ways in order to get us to ponder his works. In the gospel of John 11: 40 Jesus says; “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”

Now Jesus is talking to Martha, the sister of Lazarus who has now been dead for four days and Jesus had just asked them to remove the stone from the entrance to the tomb, because unbeknownst to the rest of them, Jesus is about to raise Lazarus from the dead.

Marthra, responds to Jesus requuest by saying: But, Lord, by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.

Now, Some of us may have read that verse all of our lives and we still don’t get it. Maybe the reason for that is because we know how the story ends and so we read past that verse without pondering it.

We think that it says: “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see Lazarus rise from the dead.” But, that is not what Jesus says.

There were many people that day who saw Lazarus rise from the dead and they still didn’t believe, Jesus said; “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” You didn’t have to believe to see the miracle!

You had to believe, To See The Glory!

Every day, God showers us with reasons to ponder and praise and we just drive right on by, when we do that, we miss the Glory. Did you see the sunrise this morning? Did you hear the birds chirping?

How many people do you think saw all of that and only noticed the sun shining? How many people do you think noticed all of that and saw the glory of God.

The worshippers, saw the glory and the rest of us just saw the sunshine.

If you want to grow in Praise and Worship to God, then begin to look for the glory that is around you.

God is so good, he gives us so much to praise him for. Sometimes when we want to praise God the most that happens is that we begin to think thoughts like this; Who are you to so freely accept God’s grace and love?

You know your life, you know your sin, you know your inadequacy.

Buddy your not just a clay vessel, you’re a cracked pot.

Has that ever happened to you? Is that happening to you right now?

I mean, you want to surrender, you want to lift your hands or fall on yourknees and Worship Him. But your afraid to let God have his way with you.

Then what you need to do is ponder the works of God in you life and you need to tell that devil, I am washed in the blood of Jesus, I am his precious child and in the eyes of my God, he sees me as righteous.

And you need to tell that devil, leave me alone!

I am going to praise my God in worship, for all that he has done in my life.

I beg you, I beg you, look for the glory of God in everything and praise his name for it and worship him like you have never worshipped him before.

Can any of you relate to my pilgrimage? Those of you , who have grown up most of your life in the churches of Christ, where the most you heard about worship was, don’t do it wrong.