The Danger of Half Hearted Worship

Numbers 3; Numbers 4; Acts 25
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Scripture

Numbers 3

4 Nadab and Abihu, however, fell dead before the LORD when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai.

Observation

What happened to Nadab and Abihu is first mentioned in Leviticus 10:1 and should serve as a warning to us about how we should serve the Lord. The two sons of Aaron disobeyed God by trying to present an offering to God in their own way disregarding what God had instructed them to do. And God struck them down with fire from Heaven.

This same kind of swift judgment happened in the New Testament to Ananias and Sapphira.

In scripture God tells us how He wants to be worshipped and when we choose to disregard His instruction and do things our own way then it is not worship at all. I think some of what we do on Sunday morning might fall into this category.

Application

I will worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Psalm 100:2

Psalm 100: 1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me not to do things out of ritual and habit. It is my desire to truly worship you with all my heart, with all my soul, and with all my strength. Show me where we need to make changes at church to help our people focus more on you. It is so easy to forget that Sunday is all about you and it is not about us. Thank you for what you are doing in the lives of so many that make up our church. You are an Awesome God. Help me to worship you this week with gladness. Amen.

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