The Church Part 3: Our repsonsiblity to God
Psalms 147:1-4 — Message by Pastor Roe
According to Answers-in-Genesis in the July – September 2008 issue volume 3 number 3 in 2010 astronomers hope to have completed the multi-million-dollar Sloan Digital Sky Survey. They are cataloging over 100 million stars and objects in 1 million different galaxies. This sounds like a huge accomplishment and it is, but imagine what is not catalogued.
It is estimated that there is 100 billion galaxies with an average of 100 billion stars in each galaxy. That is 10 thousand billion billion stars yet to be name and identified. Our passage tells us that God numbered the stars and calls them by name. What an amazing God.
In Psalms 8:1-4, David talks of the splendor of God and how he thinks of how God stretched out the universe and how wonderful His creation is. Then he asks a question, “What is man that thou art mindful of him?” God is so infinite and yet he wants to have a personal relationship with us.
So, what is our response to God and His greatness? First, we need to worship Him and Him alone Ex. 30:14, I Chor. 16:29, Matt. 4:10. We need to worship God for who He is not for what He has done. When we worship God for what He has done, it is still selfish.
Secondly, we need to love God Duet. 6:5. God tells us to put Him first, then our families, then our church, followed by the world and lastly, ourselves. If you want to love your family more, love God. If you want to love others more, love God. He must be first.
Lastly, we need to obey God commands Josh. 1:5-8. In Rick Warren’s book, The Purpose Driven Life, the first sentence says that it’s not about you. It’s not about what we want but what He wants. Trust in God and obey Him period.
This week remember you have a responsibility to God.