Have you ever considered that surrendering to the Lord- and by this I mean, surrendering control, worry, fear, pain, shame, bitterness – is an act of worship?
I wonder sometimes, “Who do we think we’re fooling?” When we understand Who God is, why is it that we think we can gloss over what is really going on in our hearts by dressing up and smiling, pretending all is ok. It’s like putting concealer on dark circles or a blemish…you can cover them up, but they are still there. He knows the condition of our hearts. But our concern with saving face extends even to the God who sees through it all, and we foolishly keep up the charade.
When we choose to hold on to our pain and cope in our own way, the way that works best for us, we’re choosing the way of men over the way of God. When we say we praise a Savior, a Redeemer, a Prince of Peace, yet we continue to act as if everything is picture perfect when our hearts are a pile of gnarled wreckage and our thoughts riddled with anxiety, we deny His peace, His grace and Who He is. We choose our traditions over His purpose. Our pride over worship.
“These people honor me only with their words, for their hearts are so very distant from me.
They pretend to worship me, but their worship is nothing more than the empty traditions of men.” Matthew 15:8-9 TPT (taken from Isaiah 29:13)
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