Well, this is day 40 of my reading of the Bible in a year. That’s a Biblically significant number, so I’m wondering if there’s something from today’s reading, or perhaps from this day in general, that will be significant to me… or maybe to those of you following along.
On to today’s notes:
Isaiah 29:13-14 (NIV)
13The Lord says:
“These people come near to me with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
Their worship of me
is made up only of rules taught by men.14Therefore once more I will astound these people
with wonder upon wonder;
the wisdom of the wise will perish,
the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.”
Ouch. This describes me far too often.
I don’t know about you, but I often wonder why it’s so difficult to truly give my heart to God. There are times it’s easy, but I find myself far too often worshipping, reading the Bible, and praying more out of responsibility and duty… discipline, I suppose… rather than true love for God.
I’ve been there recently… actually, I still am there. I’m wondering when God will once again blow me away with who He is, that I might be driven back to that state of awe and wonder, that I might truly have both love and fear of God and truly worship?
Is it possible to honor God even when your heart is really not in it?
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