Posted on 02/03/2016 8:22:56 AM PST by Gamecock
Biblical worship invades the human soul. It is the soul that too often has been banished from modern worship. We are a people preoccupied with self-image, self-esteem, and self-gratification. Yet in all this we don't even know what a "self" is.
The human soul is in exile from our thinking. No wonder, then, that it is not considered relevant to worship. Heaven is too distant to contemplate. Our lives are lived within the restricted boundaries of our terrestrial horizon. We have so despised the notion of pie in the sky that we have lost our taste for it altogether.
But when our souls are engaged in worship, our gaze is lifted heavenward, our hearts are set aflame by the divine fire, and we are ready to be done with this world. There is such a thing as mystic sweet communion with Christ in worship.
I'm speaking about something that goes beyond emotion (but includes it); that transcends passion (but doesn't annul it); that penetrates to the deepest core of our being, where we sense-nay, we know-that we are in the presence of the living God.
Coram Deo
Spend some quiet time in worship, asking God to set your heart aflame with His divine fire.
Passages for Further Study
Psalm 7:17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Psalm 107:8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
Daily Devotional Ping
"It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
Unfortunate language, see the hairesis “Quietism”.
I don't normally read the "religious" threads, but the reference to "The Soul" caught my eye.
I am a Christian but not a member of any organized church.
Thank you for your post.
FMCDH(BITS)
Amen. Our God is a consuming fire.
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