Give Me Your Heart

Matthew 15:8 "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me".

We Live in a very self-absorbed society where we have to work to stay away from the self centeredness we see around us everyday. We escape through true worship to Jesus. The word "worship" these days can conjure up images of a multi-piece worship band with hundreds of singers in a mega church setting. While true worship could be taking place in such settings and others like it, is this the worship that the Lord seeks from us? Many today claim they are worshipping the Lord in church houses all across the country every Sunday, but is this worship or just a part of  an organized religious ritual. Can we truly be worshiping God and at the same time have something against a soul that he shed his blood for?

Jesus said "this people draweth near to him with their mouth, and honor him with their lips". Many today talk about a relationship with Christ, we speak about how good he is, and how he has all power, and how he can do all things, and how he will never leave nor forsake you. We quote all the biblical saying with our mouth. We talk a good game, we give him great praise with out lips, we shout glory, we shout hallelujah, we do all this with our lips, yet with our life we deny his person, his power, and his presence. Paul said present your body a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto God. With all that Christ has done for us, should he be happy with the few hours a week we spend in ritualistic exercise that we call worship. God deserves our whole life, our personal life, our financial life, religious life, the good, the bad, the happy and the sad, he paid for it all. It belongs to Him, he said render unto Caesar that which is Caesar, and to God that which is God's. Let our worship of  God include a life of sacrifice, a life of giving, forgiving and love. Let us praise him with how we live that life. Give God your whole life, trust him, and cast all our cares upon Him. If you truly want to say hallelujah, live a life before man that shows the true character, and attributes of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Mary worshipped the Lord, by covering him with expensive oil, now it wasn't the fact that the oil was expensive, it was that she worshipped him with all she had, she didn't hold anything back. She felt there was nothing to good for the Lord. Can you say You are truly giving God your all? Do you worship Him with your life, and praise Him with your living, or is it just lip service....