"For all that God is and all that he has been
known to be, He is still being "ig-ed" by his
people."
PAST
MESSAGES:
IT'S
JUST A MATTER OF TIME
DOING
A NEW THING
DEFINED
BY LOVE
TOGETHER
WE STAND
BELIEVERS
ARE TO LIVE IN LOVE
FAITH
THAT'S ALIVE
GOD'S
WORD
BELIEF
IS NOT ENOUGH
HOW
I VIEW MY CHURCH
PSALM
92:1-4
FOUR
GREAT VISIONS
COMPLETE
SURRENDER
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"WHAT'S
YOUR RESPONSE?"
There is nothing quite as disconcerting
as to have something to occur that requires a response,
but for which there is none. For example, it is unsettling
when one poses a question to another only to have the person
to whom the question is posed to assume a posture of feigned
ignorance. Another case in point is when someone completely
ignores the comments, conversation and/or request of another.
For the younger generation, this is what is referred to
as "ig-ing" someone. I declare, it can indeed
be troubling when someone fails to respond when their doing
so is the appropriate thing to do.
This being the case when it comes
to our interactions with another, it's even more tragic
when considering the nature of our non-responsiveness to
the Almighty God. For all that God is and all that he has
been known to be, He is still being "ig-ed" by
his people. In spite of the revelation of who He is being
expressed and conveyed in multitudinous ways and means,
He remains the God who is completely ignored in the form
of the comments, conversations and the request that He makes.
It seems unimaginable, but God the creator is subjected
to non-responsive behavior by those whom He has created.
It should never be said that we
as the children of the Most High fail to respond to the
Eternal Now that is in our midst. For all of the responses
that we can and should lavish upon our Lord, they all can
be placed squarely under the rubric of worship and praise.
Upon one occasion, the Psalmist stated that one of our responses
be to, "...worship and bow down, … [to] kneel
before the Lord our maker.” (Psalm 95:6) Upon another
occasion, the Psalmist stated that a proper response should
be to, "Let everything that hath breathe praise the
Lord...” (Psalm 150:6) For this reason, I have decided
that worship and praise are my response to the God of my
salvation. This, however, may or may not be true for you.
Thus, I must ask the question, "What's your response?"
Going Forward
Pastor H.B. Sampson III, D.Min.
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