Coffee With The Lord

I don’t know how it will impact you, but when I read these inspired words this morning from Psalm 101 (a psalm attributed to King David) I found myself saying, “Me too!!! …as a leader, AND as a person who simply desires to please God!!!”

See how they effect you…

“I will ponder the way that is blameless! … I will walk with INTEGRITY OF HEART within my house! I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless! … A perverse heart shall be far from me! I will know nothing of evil! … I will look with favor on the faithful in the land that they may dwell with me – he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me!” (From Psalm 101 ESV)

And to those words I add my own… SO HELP ME GOD!!!

A healthy corrective in an “ego-driven world”… “If anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself!” (Galatians 6:3)

Psalm 100 – It’s a well known “call to worship” – used in many churches at the beginning of a “worship service” to accent and emphasize participation in worship…

But can you imagine (visualize, if you please) if we actually DID what it advocates?! Here’s what it encourages us to do…

“Make a JOYFUL NOISE to the Lord! … Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into His presence with singing! … ENTER His gates WITH THANKSGIVING, and His courts WITH PRAISE! GIVE THANKS TO HIM! BLESS HIS NAME!” (Vss. 1-2, 4)

Gotta tell you “boring, dull services would be done with!!! The climate would change from “an order of service” – and formal, lethargic “liturgy” – to a vibrant celebration of God and His goodness!

Oh, and the awareness that would prompt it? …

“KNOW [be aware, realize] that the Lord, HE IS GOD! It is He who made us, and WE ARE HIS! We are His people – the sheep of His pasture! … FOR THE LORD IS GOOD!!! His steadfast love ENDURES FOREVER, and His faithfulness to ALL GENERATIONS!!!” (Vss. 3 & 5)

Wow!!! I want to be in a service like that with fellow Christians – AUTHENTICALLY WORSHIPPING the Lord (not simply another religious “pep rally” led by “cheer leaders’)! Gonna do my part to make it a reality (believe it will draw people to the Lord and change the atmosphere in many churches)! Gotta tell you, I’m grateful for Psalm 100, aren’t you? Just picture it!!!