Worship for Today: God is worthy of worship!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Ephesians 1:3,

 

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ."

 

Sometimes you hear from someone who is bitter toward God. The loss of a loved one or some reversal in their lives they thought could have been prevented by God, since he has the power to do anything has been the root of some of it.

 

Some simply have a rebellious spirit and resent any moral claim God may have on their lives. Knowing, perhaps below the surface of things, they will have to give an account of their lives when they are engaged in things they refuse to give up can make one bitter toward God.

 

However, as I read these words of Paul, I am awestruck by the truth they deliver. God has blessed us with "every spiritual blessing in Christ." Not just some, not just a few for you and a few for me, but every blessing is for each and every one of us. The list Paul enumerates here is simply breath-taking. He makes us holy and blameless in his sight... us sinners...! He adopted us as his very own children... when we were children of the devil himself! He has freely given us these thing. We have had our punishment paid for by his Son, Jesus Christ, redemption, the forgiveness of sins. As he lavishes his grace on us he has made known to us the mystery of his will... that we bring him glory! We have been marked as God's very own children with his seal of ownership, the Holy Spirit. The presence of the Holy Spirit himself within us is our guarantee of God's deposit on our redemption - the resurrection we look forward to!

 

What else could God have done for us?! What further gift do I need from God, to embrace him with all the appreciation I can muster? What further is due me from him for worshipping him for all he is and what he has done for me?

 

Far from bitterness toward God, his free gift of salvation through his Son is every reason for me to worship him today, every day!

 

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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