The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Malachi 1:6a,
"'A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?' says the Lord Almighty."
Here is a sobering question from the Lord. Following the completion of the second temple in Habakkuk's and Zechariah's day, maybe 90 years or so later, Israel is found to be aimless and listing about in their worship of the Lord. Rather than living their lives in such a way as to communicate a reverence for him, they were drifting. Not following the Lord's commands, offering worthless animals as offerings to him, they communicated their disregard for the Lord in their acts. They were not expressing with the things they thought, said, and did that reflected he was their Father, their Lord.
Of course, the question comes to me: do my actions, is my lifestyle, are the choices I make communicating my ardent reverence and love for my Lord? Is he really the Lord of my life if I find other things to occupy myself with in a disregard for him?
Do I recognize the Lord with the way I utilize the time he has provided me? Do I invest the strength and energy the Lord has given me in the pursuit of his agenda? Do I offer to him some meaningful part of what he has blessed me with as an expression to him?
What shows up in my checkbook register? What does last month's calendar look like? How did I spend my time? How much of the Lord did I allow into my life? Better yet, how much effort did I take in my pursuit of him?
Is he really my Father? Is he really my Lord? If so, just how is that expressed in my life?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"'A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?' says the Lord Almighty."
Here is a sobering question from the Lord. Following the completion of the second temple in Habakkuk's and Zechariah's day, maybe 90 years or so later, Israel is found to be aimless and listing about in their worship of the Lord. Rather than living their lives in such a way as to communicate a reverence for him, they were drifting. Not following the Lord's commands, offering worthless animals as offerings to him, they communicated their disregard for the Lord in their acts. They were not expressing with the things they thought, said, and did that reflected he was their Father, their Lord.
Of course, the question comes to me: do my actions, is my lifestyle, are the choices I make communicating my ardent reverence and love for my Lord? Is he really the Lord of my life if I find other things to occupy myself with in a disregard for him?
Do I recognize the Lord with the way I utilize the time he has provided me? Do I invest the strength and energy the Lord has given me in the pursuit of his agenda? Do I offer to him some meaningful part of what he has blessed me with as an expression to him?
What shows up in my checkbook register? What does last month's calendar look like? How did I spend my time? How much of the Lord did I allow into my life? Better yet, how much effort did I take in my pursuit of him?
Is he really my Father? Is he really my Lord? If so, just how is that expressed in my life?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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