Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Wednesday Thought -- September 17, 2014

Good Morning Friends,

“This is what the LORD says: ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be? Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?’ declares the LORD. ‘This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.’” (Isaiah 66:1-2)

It all belongs to God. He made it. He made heaven and earth. Everything you see and everything you don’t see was made by God and belongs to Him.

Why is it, then, that we think we can build something that might impress Him? The grandest temple ever built is like a Tinker Toy to Him. He made the Grand Canyon, the Swiss Alps, the Sahara Desert, and the Milky Way! Do you really think anything man might make could even compare to them and the thousands of other sights like them?

No, it’s not what we can build for Him or do for Him that impresses God. But there is something that impresses Him. There is something that He esteems. It is the one who is humble, contrite, and reverent.

God is not looking for what you can do for Him. He’s looking inside your heart. It’s what He finds there that means more to Him than anything else in all creation, certainly more than anything you could ever do for Him.

So, take care of your heart, it is the only real gift you can give to God!

His, by Grace,


Steve

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