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Life From The Big Picture Perspective  You
know, it is hard to maintain a big picture perspective. It’s hard to see life from
God’s point of view. It seems like we’re always getting sucked in by the daily
tyranny of the urgent. If you knew that you were going to die in three months, that you
had less than three months to live, how would your "to do" list change? It would
change to focus on the important, not the urgent. That is why worship is the single most
important act in the human life. You see, it is about focus. It’s about seeing things
from God’s perspective. When I see God, I understand me. The Bible says that life is
a spirited dance; it says that in I Thessalonians. Isn’t that a neat expression?
Life is a spirited dance, and guess who is playing the music? God is playing the music!
But somehow during the week, I get out of step. Am I talking to the right folks? It is
easy during the week to miss God’s music and get out of step. Worship is about
getting in the rhythm of God’s music. It’s about focusing and getting into
harmony with Dad. |
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| Psalm 122:1-2 1: I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord." 2: Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem. |
 Psalm 122 is about
worship. Psalm 122 is out of what is called the Song of Ascent. It’s the song that
the Jewish people sang three times each year as they traveled to Jerusalem. Jerusalem is
built on a mountain. They would travel to Jerusalem to worship and as they were ascending
up the mountain they would sing this song, this Song of Ascent. They would have sung it
this past weekend which was Yom Kippur, the High Holy days for the Jewish people. This
would be a song that they would sing during that celebration.I. The Want To  Verse
one says, "I was glad when they said unto me." Why were they glad? They were
glad because worship is the single most important act of human existence and they were
getting to participate. "I was glad when they said unto me, "Let us go to the
house of the Lord! Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem." Now notice
that they are talking about the people of God worshipping because they want to.
"I was glad when they said unto me..." |
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