Malachi 1:13 (RSV) — ‘What a weariness this is,’ you say, and you sniff at
me, says the Lord of hosts. You bring what has been taken by violence or is
lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from
your hand? says the Lord.
NOTE: Wow, I guess
people's non-verbal actions have not changed much over the years. I can
visualize the "sniff" so clearly. We do it but we don't think it is
worth our time or attention. The person says he is weary--how weary God must
be! We still do this today. People "play" church. They do it out of
some wrong sense of obligation or peer pressure or for others. There is no
doubt in my mind that God is sick of it. That is why there will be many who
will be cast out and who will say, "Lord, Lord, did we not do this and
that for you?" And Jesus will answer, "Be gone, I do not even know
you" (paraphrased). When the church is raptured, how many people who
actually sit in the pews will be raptured? Most? More than half? Half? I
wonder.
PRAYER: Father, I
pray you would open the eyes of those who sit in the building called the
church. I pray they might truly become part of the church, the body of Christ.
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