Words To Live By: "Worship Is Central" and "Referred To God"

Hey, Y'all--not sure where I read this but I liked it...

 

Throughout his life David believed, truly believed, that the spiritual world, though invisible to him, was every bit as real as the 'natural' world of swords and spears and caves and thrones. His psalms, his worship, form a conscious effort to reorient his own daily life to the reality of the supernatural world just beyond him. Now, centuries later, we can use those very same thoughts and prayers as steps of faith, a path to lead us from our obsession with ourselves to the actual presence of our God. ..

 

And here's the concluding thought:

 

[David understood that worship is] the central activity in life, not something to get over in order to resume other activity . As C.S Lewis has said: ideally, being a practicing Christian "means that every single act and feeling, every experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, must be referred to God" [for context/clarification].

 

Hmmm...you really oughta read that last paragraph again 'cause it's loaded with some serious beef:

 

Worship is the central activity in life, not something to get over in order to resume other activity.

 

Do I live that?!?   How 'bout this one:

 

Being a practicing Christian 'means that every single act and feeling, every experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, must be referred to God.'

 

How many angst-laden times have I flailed through, how many circumstances have you failed to correctly understand, because of our failure to turn the things we're not supposed to handle alone over to The Only One who can actually fully comprehend and manage them?

 

Also loved this thought ('cause I need it--'course I'm sure it's just me as usual :-)

 

We can use those very same thoughts and prayers as steps of faith, a path to lead us from our obsession with ourselves to the actual presence of our God.

 

You've been prayed for today...