“God’s Holy House of Prayer” Psalms 22:3
“God’s Holy House of Prayer”
“But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of
Israel. ” Psalms 22:3
A. W. Tozer said, “We need to learn how to worship to
please the God who deserves it.” Those who don’t or won’t
worship God in the beauty of holiness, invent other means of
worship and claim that it pleases God. A lot of folk have quit
smoking, drinking and a boat load of other sins and we call that
worship, but really it is a form of or borders on pharisee-ism!
I believe all of that stuff needs to be condemned and
eliminated, but that is not the end of living a life of worshiping
the God who deserves to be worshiped. Many get out of the
bars, but they never get into the Bible, witnessing and
worshiping as a forgiven sinner, thus, a redeemed saint! May
we never worship what we used to be or even what we are now,
but worship Him!
To say God is holy is almost elementary. He has instructed
us to be holy, because He is the essence of holiness. God’s
habitation in Old Testament days was the temple and the
praises of Israel. Today our bodies are the temple of His
holiness and our lives must show forth the holiness that
indwells every believer. It is incumbent on us to praise God
and when we praise Him-He will reside or abide in our
praises! It is not mere emotion and often that gets in the way of
the praise that is an affirmation of His greatness! Great is the
Lord and greatly to be praised … is He! -T.G.
Prepared by Roger Fulk, from excerpts from the “Baptist Bread” December 27, 2022, devotional by author Dr. Tim Green, Revival In Our Time, Day Heights, OH. With permission from Tim Green, editor of Baptist Bread.
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