“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” (1 Timothy 1:17)
HONOR = high regard or great respect given. We honor people by our attendance, attention and extraordinary efforts. This honor is given as we show great respect and high regard for.
It behooves us to honor God because He is worthy (Revelation 4:11). So much depends on the consciousness that God is worthy of our honor. Only when we awake to this glorious fact does our worship of God take on meaning and real purpose. Without honor for God, Christians dry up where the worship of God is concerned. Without honor for God, Christians may draw nigh to God with their lips, while their heart remains far from God. Without honor for God, zeal is absent, humility is unattained to, and faith is not stimulated. Only by seeing God’s honor do we recognize our unworthiness, which is our thirst to draw off the wells of Divine grace and glory.
It is through honoring God that He bestows His honor upon us (1 Samuel 2:30). It is presumptuous to expect God’s honor 7 days a week if we cannot muster up the desire to honor Him one day a week. Should we expect God to honor our cause and answer our prayers, if we do not step up to the part of honoring His name? 2 Chronicles 32:25 – “But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him…” Should God never do anything for us but save our souls from hell, it is more than we could ever repay Him. Therefore should there ever come a time when we stop honoring God, we have ceased to render unto Him according to the benefit done unto us.
The duty and privilege of honoring God is a call for us to abandon slackness, indifference and mediocrity in our ways and habits towards the Lord’s work. It requires that we adopt a sense of urgency and promptness to do what we do in a way that is a credit to the Lord’s work. We should always be searching for improvement, rather than allowing anything to slide. To neglect being our best and doing our best is a slippery slope, the side of the mountain that the sunshine of Divine blessing and favor does not shine upon.
The call to honor God, unto being honored by God, is a reciprocal blessing. God calls us to do it, but we must wholeheartedly respond to be chosen for its benefits.
“And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?” (1 Chronicles 29:5). A responsible standard: “What would my church be, if every member was just like me?” CAN GOD BLESS YOU?
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