I was sitting reading my devotional this morning when it
dawned on me that I have become more preoccupied with reading and writing about
what I've read and learned rather than the act of worshiping the ONE who
provided the knowledge. My worship and time with God has become scripted and
rote. I am more preoccupied with the task than I am with the praise……and I
wonder why I’m in the humdrum's.
Real praise is about forgetting myself and my feelings and
allowing the Holy Spirit to inhabit. Real praise is about me training my mind
to stay on the things of God. Real praise comes about when I can block out
distractions and staying in the moment of praise.
In Hosea 13:6 God says concerning the Israelites “but
when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was
lifted up; therefore they forgot me.”
I thank God for the revelation; I won’t beat myself up about
my lack of focus because I know that I am human and this may not be the last
time that I have to sit with myself and admit that I have been “less than”. I
am not afraid of my frailties.
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