Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Trusting God”
Our Bible verse for today: “For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. The living, the living – they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness. The Lord will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the Lord.” Isaiah 38:18-20 (NIV)
Our thought for today: “God’s not done with you yet.”
Have you ever wondered why God didn’t bring you straight to heaven the moment He saved you? It’s because He has a purpose for your life. There are things He wants to do in you and through you all the days He has you here on earth.
His purposes for your life are many and include things like giving you the opportunity to grow and mature in your faith; using you to serve others in His name and thereby advance His agenda here on earth; and sharing the Good News of the Gospel with others.
But another reason He left you here is so you can join with other believers in worship, and so that the worship of Him will ring out all around this planet. Isaiah was referring to this great truth in Isaiah 38:18-20. Once we’re dead we will certainly participate in the worship which takes place in heaven, but our voice on earth will have been silenced. As long as we are alive here, we can join our voices with the multitudes of others who are also singing out His praises.
In my opinion one of the greatest songs ever written and recorded about this was by The Newboys and was titled “He Reigns”. The song paints a picture of believers around the world signing out praises to God in worship. Here’s the first verse and chorus:
“It’s the song of the redeemed, Rising from the African plain.
It’s the song of the forgiven, Drowning out the Amazon rain.
The song of Asian believers, Filled with God’s holy fire.
It’s every tribe, every tongue, every nation, A love song born of a grateful choir.
It’s all God’s children singing Glory, glory, hallelujah
He reigns, He reigns. It’s all God’s children singing
Glory, glory, hallelujah, He reigns, He reigns”
Since you are still living and breathing you can trust that God still has a purpose and a plan for your life. There are multiple facets to His purpose and plan for you but one of them is, without question, for you to join with other believers here on earth to sing His praises. I encourage you to do exactly that. If you don’t have a home church to go to then I invite you to join us at Oak Hill Baptist in Crossville. The service begins at 10:00.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 