worship brings blessing!
Bible verse: You must worship the Lord your God so that he will bless your food and water, and he will remove disease from you. Exodus 23:25.
Worshipping God blesses food and water and removes the disease. This promise of great blessings depends on worshipping God. This worship should be full of holiness. His worshiper must be holy, just as he is holy. The psalmist says, “Who will ascend to the throne of Yahweh? Who will stand in his holy place, whose hands are clean and whose heart is pure, who does not incline his heart to falsehood, and who does not swear falsely? Yahweh will bless him. Psalm 96: 9. Man can do many things to please God. But God pleases in holy living. Micah 6; 6-8.says, “with what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body, for the sin of my soul? He has shown you, o mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and walk humbly with your God.”
And all that is impossible for man is living Holy life with his own strength. Holiness brings real piety. But where we can find Holiness? it comes from God only because it belongs to HIM alone. But it is possible for those who believe in Christ because, in the Lord Jesus, we have received the blessing of knowledge, righteousness, and sanctification. So God expects that the congregation should worship in spirit and truth. John 4:24,
PRAYER: O Lord Jesus, I thank you for your holiness given upon me. Help me understand it for I wish to become a true worshiper of you. Grant me success, blessings and health. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Rev. Kailas [Alisha] Sathe