Believe and Worship

 

I was reading in Exodus this morning during my quiet time.  And Chapter 4:31 reads:

"And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped."

It struck me that when we believe God, we can't help but worship him.  When we don't believe God, complaining will be the result.   

Think about when the Israelites were free.  They soon stopped believing God's promise to take them to the land overflowing with milk and honey!   They started complaining not worshipping. 

We cannot force a heart-response, but we can use what is coming out of our mouth as a diagnostic tool.  If what is coming out of our mouths is praising and worshipping God, we can see that we are believing and trusting God.  If however, we recognise that complaining, moaning and negativity is what's coming out of our mouths, we know it's time to find out what where we are not believing God.   

Once we can see where we are not believing God, we can make life a whole lot simpler but addressing that issue.   We can stir up our faith by reminding ourselves what God has done in the past for us, what he did for our bible heroes of faith and reading or listening to testimonies from others.

When we believe God and know he will come through for us, the natural reaction is worship.  It will spill out from us.

It's not the only time we worship of course, worship is a lot more powerful than that, but it's about reflecting on what is coming out of our mouths so that, with the Holy Spirit's help and through God's word, we can illuminate areas of our life where we are not believing God and change that position, bringing victory and worship. 




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