DAY 40

Revelation 14:7 He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

Judgement is coming, worship and fear God and give Him glory.

These are the directions given by the angel sent to warn the world of God’s judgement.

I’m thinking we would be putting ourselves in the right position if we started doing this now and didn’t wait to be told. What does this mean for us now?

We examine our hearts and our lives and see where we really are with this, asking ourselves these questions:

Do I fear God? (Remember we talked about how to Fear God is to respect God so much that we are afraid to be separated from Him. So are we doing things or allowing anything to separate us from God?)

Is my life bringing God glory?

Am I worshipping God with my life?

What about my thoughts? Are my thoughts bringing God glory or worshipping Him?

Do I worship anything other than God? Is anything in my life more important to me than God? Is anything getting in the way of my affection for God and/or my time with Him?

We ALL have areas in our lives that need to be improved or surrendered to God OFTEN. We live in a world that bombards us with temptations, “stuff”, and busyness. We have to continually re-center our focus on Jesus. It is like GPS that automatically says “recalculating” when you miss a turn or take a different route than what was planned. It is too bad that we don’t automatically recalculate our course when we drift off of His best for us.

We need to consciously make an effort to keep surrendered to Him. Maybe that is why Jesus said we need to take up our cross DAILY?

Luke 9:23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

We need to abandon our idols and put Jesus first again, where He belongs.

Jesus, help me to live my worship of you not just speak or sing worship. Help my life be evidence of my fear and worship of you and let it bring you glory. Help me not to get tired of the fight against sin and temptation and not get distracted by the world and when I do, get my attention right away and help me recalculate my path and focus on you. Thank you for showing me the way and not letting me wander for long.