Honoring God

Yesterday at 11am Service, we were asked to raise our hands if we will commit to doing at least one thing this week with the intent being to honor God. I too raised my hand at this charge. For those who committed to this charge yesterday, the vast majority of the church, I have prayed that God would give you the chance to honor your commitment to him and that He would give you the wisdom to know what to do to honor Him.

We are all called to honor him, but the choice to do so is left up to us. The opportunity will come, but will you be willing to take the step of faith and trust that God can handle all situations?

Read Matthew 19:16 - 30 and Philippians 4:13.

The rich man that Jesus spoke with had not been being honest with himself. He was looking for justification for himself. He had been telling himself that to treasure his wealth was acceptable, providing he did not do a few select things. The problem was that even though he had followed those rules, he had forgotten to honestly give. He had no mercy or love. At least not that was evident. And Jesus called him on it. Causing the man to be sad, not because Jesus rejected him, (Jesus told him what to do to be accepted) but because he knew his guilt, and his unwillingness to change.

What about you? Will you honestly look at yourself and pray that God would show you the path that you can follow to honor God? Write a short description of what happened when you had the opportunity to honor God in the comments to this post.