Holiness first, worship next

 Welcome!

But Samuel was very different from most prophets we see around us today

Saul thought he could “cover-up” his disobedience of keeping the best of Amalekites for himself, by saying some “praise” words to the man of God

Samuel scolded Saul straight on his face. He didn’t care about an “offering” or tip  from Saul. Instead, his question was, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?”

That was the noise of all that Saul had “stolen” from Amalekites

Literally speaking, he did not steal anything. He only had the plunder of the war

But when you keep what God does not want you to keep, that is “stolen” stuff

Anytime we look at the worship in heaven, whether in Isaiah 6 or in Revelation 4-6, we see the heavenly beings worshipping God saying “Holy, Holy, Holy”

We have lot of “praise and worship” going on around us. But if you speak to them about  “holiness”,  many of them will look at you like “from which planet you came?”

One morning, God spoke to me this:

Holiness is most important when worshipping God. May be it is only just before Holy Communion that we hear all that “scary” talk about holiness.

Anytime we worship God, the same type of holiness is required by God!

If holiness is in our heart, it will be reflected in our outward appearance as well!

In heaven, they cover their body properly and worship (Isaiah 6)

I used to dislike the choir uniform in many churches; but I then, there is a reason they came up with something like that!

Isaiah got scared of his own sinfulness, when he saw the worship in heaven

Why is it that many sit in worship like in a movie theatre?

When many of us adults “act” holiness, our children have no idea what holiness is!

We better learn it first so that we can teach them what it is

It is God’s command to be holy. First holiness, then worship

God bless your day!

BG