Verses: Psalms 67: 1 - 7
Song inspired by the chapter: Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.
My thoughts about the
verses:
The church needs to
stand as a united body. The Church is
made of so many different parts. The
Church is made up of Christians, Jews and others that truly believe in the one
true God. The church only grows stronger
when all parts of the body are united as one.
Yet, we as a society like
to say that only this group or that group is part of the Church. We judge others saying that they do not
believe like us so they must not be part of the Body of Christ. We compartmentalize the Church to fit our
needs. We attempt to justify our actions
through different scriptures and teachings.
We miss the fact that
God wants all true believers to have the same recognition as others. I am thinking right now of the thousands of
people that have been isolated for one reason or other from a Church Family
that they needed in their lives.
I know of several people
when they were in the lowest part of their life were pushed away from the
Church. They needed to be a part of the
local body to help them deal with their issues.
Yet, the church judged that their actions had separated them from
God. If this is a true statement than
none of us will go to Heaven and meet with God.
Instead we will struggle our whole life on our own.
Did God not send Jesus
for all whom would believe? It doesn’t matter
your race, disability, sexual identification or gender identity. There is only one true God and God is there
for anyone that we believe. To separate anyone
from the grace of God is rejected the people that need God.
In the New Testament
Jesus makes a comment that when you do onto the least of these so do you do
unto me. Think on this a moment. How many times have you turned your eye on
someone that needed a little lift? How
many times have you pushed someone away from the church because they do not
meet up to your standards? Haven’t we
all at one time at another felt like people do not fit the mold that we have
set as a believer of the Risen savior.
One day the Church will
stand United. In that moment, we will
learn that there are more people that were true believers than we ever thought
possible. We will also learn that some
of the people that we thought were Christians had put on an external front, yet
they had not truly believed in the Savior.
The fact is that we need to be prepared for the day Jesus returns. Open your heart and ask yourself are you
judging other because they are different than yourself. Is it time your accept people for who they
are.
The church with one
voice needs to sing praises to God.
United they need to worship God for the gifts that have been given. The voice of the Church united will lead to
the voice of praise that God desires. Therefore
lift your voice in thanks for the one that has set us free.
Prayer:
Dear God thank you for
sending Jesus. Dear Savior we thank you
for your sacrifice on the cross. We
worship you dear God for always being with us no matter what others say or
do. Help us bring unity to the
Church. Help us never turn anyone away
from Christ. N the name of the Heavenly
Parent we pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you rejected others because they did not fit
your cookie cutter design of a Christian? Have you felt like you and the ones
like you are the only ones that are the true believers? Do you see how Jesus died for all? Have you accepted Christ in your Heart? Is today the day you let go of your grievances
against others so the Body of Christ can stand united?
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