God Thinking XLVIII - Turning Back 4

"I want to investigate what affects our worship and what our  worship affects.

Of the many things that affect our worship, the one that we are going to deal with today is:

1     Being out of a right relationship with God.

If you are out of fellowship with God, it is revealed in your worship.

1 Samuel 15:24-25, "And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

 25.  Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord."

Let’s face it:

• When you are in rebellion
• When you know in your heart that the way you live is not pleasing to God
• When you are in the middle of the vicious cycle of trying to be in the world, of the world and not of the world at the same time, you do not want to worship God.
• When you are at odds with God because you want something that you believe God has withheld from you, you do not want to worship God.
• When you desire something that you know does not meet with God’s seal of approval you have a difficult time worshiping God. 
• Anything that is part of your everyday existence that you know lends a hand to the enemy, puts you in a state of mind where you do not want to worship God.

Your worship is affected by your relationship with God, not your wife, not your pastor, not your father or mother, not your kids.  You must be careful to mind the things that God has endorsed so that your worship can be full and satisfying.

 

Excerpt from God Thinking XLVIII - Turning Back by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2014