Can you be quiet for a few minutes? We don't like to have much silence in our lives. We buy ipods, cd players, radios, TVs and read all kinds of literature to avoid having to be quiet.
Silence will aid you in making Scripture alive. What I mean is taking a few moments after your daily reading to just be quiet and contemplate and listen again to what the passages say. It is in those moments of deep concentration that you will find the depth and richness of Scripture.
In most relationships of life more is learned by quietly listening and focusing in on what others say. If we stop planning our response or trying to decide what we can say next we can really hear what is being said. This is often true with our daily conversations with God. Let the Scriptures speak and say what God has meant them to say.
This takes practice but will pay wonderful rewards when you learn to be quiet.
Joseph Chase
Missionary
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Woship In The Beauty of Holiness
"O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth." Psalm 96:9
The striking difference in Holiness and Sinfulness is clearly seen when viewing God's servant and the lover of this world. Speech and activities of men who love the world revolve around selfishness and fulfilling the desires of the flesh. God's follower looks to serve the Lord and fellowman before himself.
Today we all ought to put on righteousness and serve God. Come into his presence with hearts cleansed by Jesus' blood. I am reminded of the Psalmist's questions: "Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place?" Psam 24:3. The resounding answer is the one with clean hands, heart and purified mind. You become beautiful when you clothe yourself in the righteousness of God. Let us go up the holy hill of the Lord together and worship Him in the splendor of holiness.
Serving God and worshiping God is Heart work.
Joseph D. Chase
Missionary to Jamaica
The striking difference in Holiness and Sinfulness is clearly seen when viewing God's servant and the lover of this world. Speech and activities of men who love the world revolve around selfishness and fulfilling the desires of the flesh. God's follower looks to serve the Lord and fellowman before himself.
Today we all ought to put on righteousness and serve God. Come into his presence with hearts cleansed by Jesus' blood. I am reminded of the Psalmist's questions: "Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place?" Psam 24:3. The resounding answer is the one with clean hands, heart and purified mind. You become beautiful when you clothe yourself in the righteousness of God. Let us go up the holy hill of the Lord together and worship Him in the splendor of holiness.
Serving God and worshiping God is Heart work.
Have thy affections been nailed to the cross?
Is thy heart right with God?
Dost thou count all things for Jesus but loss?
Is thy heart right with God?
Is thy heart right with God,
Washed in the crimson flood,
Cleansed and made holy, humble and lowly,
Right in the sight of God?
Hast thou dominion o’er self and o’er sin?
Is thy heart right with God?
Over all evil without and within?
Is thy heart right with God?
Is there no more condemnation for sin?
Is thy heart right with God?
Does Jesus rule in the temple within?
Is thy heart right with God?
Are all thy pow’rs under Jesus’ control?
Is thy heart right with God?
Does He each moment abide in thy soul?
Is thy heart right with God?
Joseph D. Chase
Missionary to Jamaica
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