Saturday, 07 November 2015
THE BENEFITS OF DEDICATION AND WORSHIP
SCRIPTURE: ‘And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but be filled with Spirit, speaking to yourself in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord. – Ephesians 5:18-19.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Worship is the submission of personal will, agenda and life to the purpose of God.
Dedication is being devoted to God. It is inextricably connected to worship as the flesh of a person is connected to the bones. This means that dedicated people are true worshippers and true worshippers are absolutely dedicated.
One example of a dedicated person in the Bible is Paul the Apostle. In Philippians 3:7-10, he affirmed that his greatest passion on earth was to know God, serve Him and love Him.
Now, what benefits can we see in the lives of dedicated and true worshippers of God?
1. Frontline Existence: No man who is truly dedicated and is a worshipper of God will live in the backside of life. Paul says, ‘I laboured more abundantly than they all…’ (1 Corinthians 15:9-10). The other apostles started before him but he alone wrote almost half of the New Testament.
2. Unusual Grace for High Impact Existence: Paul said, ‘But I am what I am by the grace of God (1 Corinthians 15:10). He lived completely by the grace of God and impacted his generation greatly.
3. Generational Influence: This means coming to a point where nobody can ignore your existence. When you speak, people hear. When you cough, people shake.
Beloved, there is no preaching, healing and deliverance in heaven. The only thing done in heaven is worship. If you do not know worship, you have no place there.
Remember this: Worship is the submission of personal will, agenda and life to the purpose of God.
ASSIGNMENT(S):
1. Make up your mind to be a true worshipper of God.
2. Engage yourself daily with praise and worship songs.
PRAYER: LORD, I ask for the grace to worship You at all times. Help me to increase my dedication to You, LORD, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: DEDICATION AND WORSHIP
DAILY READING: Ezekiel 16:42 to 17:24, Hebrews 8:1 to 13, Psalms 106:13 to 31, Proverbs 27:7 to 9
QUOTE: Everybody praises God under certain conditions but real worshippers praise God under all conditions. Culled from 365 WISDOM CAPSULES by Dr Paul Enenche.
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