God Worshipers?

Psalm 25:12-14 (MSG)
My question: What are God-worshipers like?
Your answer: Arrows aimed at God's bull's-eye.
They settle down in a promising place; their kids inherit a prosperous farm.
God friendship is for God-worshipers; they are the ones he confides in.

I am often wrestling with this question as I strive to be a God-worshiper. Then in my reading this morning I see that the answer is right in Psalm 25:12. "God-worshipers are arrows aimed at God's bull's-eye". So how does this apply to us? We have to ask ourselves if we are aimed at the right target. Each day I live and breath; where is my focus? How am I living and loving? Christ is the perfect example. When we are uncertain how we should live (aimed at the bull's-eye) we need to spend some time reading the gospels finding out how Christ lived.

If we look ahead to the next verse, in this Scripture, we see that because we are God-worshipers our kids will inherit a prosperous farm. Now we all know that they make their own choices but we pray for them to make the right choices and we live our lives so that they can benefit from how we have lived and loved God.

The last piece to this question is "God friendship is for God-worshipers". How can I be a friend with God? By being a God worshiper. I need to spend time and learn more about who He is. I want to truly be able to say that I am a friend of God; that I know what He is thinking; that I hear and recognize His voice; that I am able to respond to the divine God moments throughout the day. This can only happen by spending time in His word and in prayer each an everyday. Making the sacrifice to be aimed that the right target.

Prayer: God please help me to be aimed directly at You. Show me what that means and how it can be done. Help me be disciplined enough to take the necessary steps.

"Watcha Doin?"

Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.”

There are times that I am engaged in an activity that may or may not be good for my mind. It is important for me to evaluate if what I am doing meets the standards stated in Philippians 4:8. Is the TV show I am watching; the conversation I am having; the website I am on; the place I am; the book I am reading; the people I am with; the amount of food I am eating; meeting the standard? We can apply this Scripture to all these different areas. I need to be the habit of asking myself is this activity “true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy?” In the 90’s the “WWJD?” phrase was coined. It was overused but it is a really great question. Our goal for everyday and every minute to be like Christ and to ask the question “what would Jesus do?”. When we ask this question it can help us decipher whether our activity meets the criteria of Philippians 4:8.

The challenge for us today is to evaluate whether our activities will move us closer to becoming holy or further away. The Holy Spirit can guide us to make could choices and make us aware of our actions.

Prayer: “Holy Spirit guide my activities today. Help them bring honor to You. Make me aware of how they fit with Philippians 4:8. Thank you for your Holy word to guide us and helping us become holy.”