Seize the Moment – Day 1218
Until All Worship!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, July 18.
Nearly two decades ago, I went through missions training with the International Leadership Institute. I was struck by their heartfelt desire to see all peoples come to worship God through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. In fact, that is the first core value of their missions training: “intimacy with God.” Even though I haven’t thought about this organization these last fourteen years in Indiana, I have never lost focus on this core belief that the church must keep first things first – it’s all about worship!
Psalm 96:1-3 is a call to worship for all the nations, but it must begin in the heart of a man or woman who has been consecrated by God for this very reason: “Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, bless His name; proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day. Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.” We are invited to sing the new song of the God of missions – Jesus Christ, crucified, risen, and coming again! This is the messianic hope of Psalm 96; Jesus is the fulfillment of the Abrahamic promise to bless all the nations, being completed by His church until He returns (Matthew 28:18-20). You are called to sing the new song through the anointing of the Holy Spirit – “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 96, meditating upon the God of Missions who so loved the world that He sent Jesus Christ to seek and to save that which was lost (John 3:16; Luke 19:10). The Great Commission compels us in love until all worship!
God bless you!
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