Glory be to God alleluia …Glory be to God alleluia…. O sing alleluia…. alleluia…. alleluia ehehehe… I will sing alleluia, alleluia… Alleluia ehehehe…// who is like unto Thee O God… Who is like unto Thee… O God… among the gods who is like Thee You are glorious in holiness, fearful in Praising doing wonders alleluia!
How excellent are You Lord! In heaven You are God, on earth You remaineth the same… Great is Thy faithfulness Father, we worship and adore Your Holy Name… Be Thou exalted Unlimited God… Thank You Matchless Jesus for the gift of another day in the land of the living, we are grateful O God! Be Thou glorify forever and ever in Jesus Name…..
Beloveth… how are doing today? We have an important topic before us today… how do you “prepare for worship?” Our Father is a God of order…. In Leviticus … we saw God giving directives of how each sacrifice should be carried out… how the Levites will prepare themselves before appearing before Him… both in clothing and sanctification of both spirit and body… God also instructed how the Temples and Altars should be arranged…
In our own contemporary world today… what can you say of worship? Can you affirm what is happening in our various places of to be according to the dictates or instruction of the Spirit of God….
You see worldliness parading the corridor of our worship center all in the name of worship… You see all manners of provocative dressings… nothing short of what you see in pagan temples …. which are known and addressed as temple whores or harlots…. And the dancing styles so appalling, nothing short of demonic activities being perform on the altar where the Name of our God should be hallowed….
Beloveth… God is an Instructor… and His instruction must be followed or else the worship will not be accepted to Him … we will rather offer strange fire as did the children of Aaron and they were consumed…. by God’s fire….
Beloveth…. let us examine ourselves first … Are we coming before God in acceptable manner as instructed by Him… both in dressing, praying and worship songs…. Or are we offering strange fire before God? Somebody is not on same page as we are….
What is being said here is to make sure that we appear before God sanctified in spirit, soul and body… whenever we appear before God, we must offer Him a sweet smelling sacrifices … with good savour, holy and acceptable to Him… alleluia somebody….
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He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.—Malachi 3:3
The quality of our worship is not based on our activities but on our character. Churches can mistakenly assume that the better the music, the more impressive the building, and the more eloquent the preaching, the more worshipful the experience will be. Genuine worship, however, originates from within our hearts. If our relationship with God is not healthy, all these things are nothing more than religious pageantry.
The Levites were the worship leaders of their day. Their task was to offer sacrifices on behalf of the people. God declared that before they could worship Him in righteousness, He would first refine them with His refiner’s fire, purging them of any impurities. Merely being members of the religious profession, having official responsibilities in the temple, and going through the rituals of worship, did not guarantee that their religious activities would be acceptable to holy God.
Today, we tend to look to external things to enhance our worship. The true quality of our worship, however, rests within us. If we have not allowed God to purify us first, our worship will be void of His presence. If we do not have a pure heart, we may give offerings, but they will be unacceptable to God. Attending a religious service will not automatically ensure an encounter with God.
If you are not satisfied with the quality of your worship, don’t be too quick to blame your environment. Look first to your own heart. Allow God to refine your heart until it is pleasing to Him, and you will be free to worship God as He intends.
Beloveth… we ought to worship God as He intended us to do; not as we deem fit… The two sons of Aaron offered a strange fire before God and were consumed because they offered a sacrifice not commanded by God… Same way brethren we must learn to offer ourselves as an acceptable sacrifices to God… not with blood of goats or turtle… but by accepting Jesus as our Lord and personal Saviour and in like manner make ourselves acceptable sacrifices unto God alleluia somebody…. (Rom.12:1-2).
Let us appear before God in decent apparels that truly show-case as God’s children not temple whores or harlots….let our songs of Praise be accepted to Him too and our prayers be accepted to Him and our songs goes up as a sweet sounds of melody unto His ear…. Amen! Alleluia!!
Beloveth, we pray today, let us ask God to open our eyes to see what He see … what He wants and desire of us in worship… May we like David be glad to go before God in worship (Ps 42:4)…
Our Father thank You for the Name of Jesus which above every other names in heaven and on earth… Father help us today in the place of worship… help us O God to worship You in an accepted way in Jesus Name…. Amen!!!
Beloveth… ask for grace to know the mind of God concerning you… that your time of worship will always be a sweet savour unto God and bring down answers to Him Amen!!!
Further Reading: Gal.5:16, Heb.10:25, Ps 25:14, Ps 134:2, Lev.10:1-2, 2 Cor. 2:14-16
Let us pray….
Remain blessed in the Lord.
