Something To Think About

Self-image, the concept we have of ourselves, must begin, not by looking in the mirror but by looking into the face of God. —Sam Storms

Pastor's Corner

“I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.”(Isaiah 46:9) The God we worship is unique; there is no one like Him. He is in a category by Himself. And what is so amazing is that this God has invited into His presence to worship Him! But coming into the presence of God is both exhilarating and humbling, because He is Holy and we are sinners. In Isaiah chapter 6 the prophet Isaiah had a vision of God in the temple and he says, “I saw the Lord high and lifted up and the train of His robe filled the temple.” When Isaiah enters the temple there is only one person whom he sees – God, who fills the temple. And he is undone! Therefore, the goal of our worship is first and foremost to see God, to encounter His glory, to be awestruck by His majesty, to be humbled before this one who is like no other, who is above all things because He created all things. He is not like me, He is God and there is none like Him! Worship is where we make much of God and less of ourselves. In fact, we are reminded that were it not for His boundless mercy we would be crushed; that if He had not redeemed and made us holy through the blood of His Son Jesus, we would be unable to even approach His throne to worship. True worship is when we focus on how worthy HE is not on how worthy we are; where we celebrate God’s grip on us, not our grip on God.  So, “Come, let us go to the house of the God, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” (Micah 4:2)

Pastor Don