“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible,
the only wise God, be honour
and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” 1Ti 1:17
As humans we often make great
proclamations and give praise and acclaim to all sorts of persons. From the
appropriate applause given in the media to the praise worthy rescue officer for
self-sacrificial efforts made in times of crisis, to the frequently misplaced
and even excessive adulation lavished freely by many on some contemporary band,
actor or performer, we clearly demonstrate that we are capable of praise and
yes worship!
Sadly far too few in this world
demonstrate any such passion for the One who is truly worthy of all admiration,
praise, worship and acclamation. In fact in the noise of all things human that
surround us day to day, entire lifetimes are spent and gone without a single
solitary thought of praise, or a word of thanks to the Eternal God who made us
all.
In stark contrast to this
general spiritual numbness of most of humanity, the gratitude, exaltation and
honour expressed by the Apostle toward God, rings a loud and reverberating
reminder to all of us of how we ought to view the Lord and what we ought to
express to Him.
Like a well primed pump, a
ready, unrestrained praise and genuine heart-full worship should burst out from
our souls as we consider this ‘blessed and only Potentate’, who is not merely a
king but the KING of Kings; not just a nobleman or VIP, but the LORD of Lords;
not merely a performer limited to one art or another, but the Creator of all,
the author and finisher of our faith, the beginning and the ending of all
things, the repository of all knowledge and wisdom - the Almighty! He is Someone to get excited
about!
Kings, sovereigns and leaders
come and go leaving a distant or unfamiliar memory, or at most an historical
trace in some dusty book on a library shelf, but not this King of Ages! He is
ever present and endures forever. He is eternal, having been there before all
others and continuing when all others will long have passed away. Everything we
know, see and have around us proceeded from Him and will be outlived by Him.
God is permanent in the true sense of the word! He doesn’t wear away, rust,
weaken or become out-dated!
Looking in the mirror as we
age, we can all see the signs and sense the effects which time has on us. We
feel the deterioration in our bodies and can admit freely that ‘we ain’t quite
what we used to be’! But it isn’t so with this Almighty King! He is immortal
and totally incorruptible, not given to any of the decay and weakening and
corrosion we are accustomed to. He is now what He has always been and will
always remain the same perfect, complete, self-existing and sufficient One.
When we have King Jesus in our lives we have a constant and consistent Friend
who never changes, leaves or dies! Our eternal Monarch has no successors and will ever
rule and reign supreme! (Continued in part 2)
See also:
http://www.pentecostalfamilychurch.com.au/devotion
Just as exciting as it is to learn of the sovereignty and power and might of our precious Jesus, it is as exhilarating to be taught how we can venerate and worship and love Him. He will never be too tired for some worship, some blessing to His Name. Jesus will never reject true worship and service.
ReplyDeleteWe are so blessed that we have been taught about true Godly love and worship.