Stop Drop And Give Series

God is not interested in our religious activity. The show we put on for others on Sunday morning if we are not reconciled with our brothers and sisters. The Prophet Samuel put it this way in 1 Samuel 15:22:

“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.”

In other words, our offerings, our religious activity are nothing. They are of no value to God, unless we have asked for forgiveness. We ask God for forgiveness what we are doing is offering ourselves (our pride, our need to be right), to God, the person we’ve hurt with our sins. We are giving ourselves to him.

In the same way when we ask for forgiveness from a friend or someone we love, we are offering ourselves (our pride, our need to be right…ect.) to that person we’ve hurt. In Romans 12:1 the Bible says: "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies [our entire being] as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.” We worship God when we give up our rights and ask for forgiveness.

If you are going to follow Christ you have to offer yourself in this way. We have to ask God and those we love to forgive us. We do this by stopping to acknowledge the hurt we’ve caused and dropping everything to make it right. This is our spiritual act of worship! If you need to worship God in this way this morning come and make it right. Come to the altar and pray. Ask God for forgiveness and then make it a point to ask the person or persons you’ve hurt for forgiveness today. Let’s pray.