A full day (for me) ** Honor Him

Psalm 22:23, "You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!"

I’m sure you have noticed how our culture demonstrates such dishonor to each other.

Perhaps the reason is because, as a culture, we have dishonored God.

The definition of the word, “DISHONOR” is: disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct; An indignity; an insult; and a cause of shame or disgrace:

However, all true honor is born out of a heart surrendered to the King of Kings.

But many in our culture tend to treat God as common.

We refer to Him as “the Man Upstairs” or “the Big Guy,”

I have even heard someone say that, “Jesus is my homeboy.”

Jesus is not anyone’s homeboy!

God should never be treated as common or ordinary.

He is the soon-to-return, ruling, reigning King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

He is the Alpha and the Omega.

When He returns, it will be with a sword.

He is the Righteous One who shed His blood so that we would live.

When we acknowledge Him for Who He Is, that is when we will honor others…

Do you realize that if you’re a Christian, what makes you valuable is the name of Jesus written on your heart?

You and I are no longer common or ordinary, because we have God’s autograph written across our hearts just as a great painter would sign His masterpiece.

Having His name on us makes us valuable.

Because of what He did for us on the cross, our only reasonable response is to do something with our lives that honors Him.

Sadly, the Bible describes a truth that is much more common:

The Lord says in Isaiah 29:13: ‘These people come near to Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.’

Although many in our culture only give God lip service… and refuse to give Him honor.

Let each of us always show Him honor from our hearts.

It’s because of what He did that we are who we are.

We as believers must value others and show them honor.

And we need to help them see that they are valuable.

Valuable enough for Jesus to give His life for.

Living with honor reminds us of who we really are, and who God Is,

and how much He loves those around us.

We must become aware of the value that God places on each and every life, including our own!