Page 75 - Breaking the Curse of Poverty David Owusu
P. 75

Breaking the Curse of Poverty  David K. Owusu




                  “Give  to  the  Lord  the  glory  due  His  name;  bring  an  offering
                  and  come  before  Him.  Oh,  worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of
                  holiness!”


               God says, in effect, “if you want to come into My courts, to appear
               before Me, and to worship Me in the beauty of holiness, then bring
               your offering.”


               Bringing an Offering, Worship and Holiness are all very closely
               connected to our worship to God.


               From  the  above  Scripture,  there  are  three  observations  we  can
               make: -
               1.   The Bible says, “Give to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an
                   offering.”
                   This means that bringing an offering gives glory to God.
                                             2.    The  Bible  says  “…Bring  an
                                          offering and come to Him.”
                  “if you want to come       Bringing an offering gives us access
                    into My courts, to       to God’s courts. God expects us to
                    appear before Me,        bring  an  offering  when  we  come
                   and to worship Me         into his presence this tells us that
                     in the beauty of
                   holiness, then bring      our  worship  is  not  complete  until
                      your offering.”        we  bring  our  offerings  to  God.
                                          Bringing  an  offering  is  a  God-
                                             appointed  part  of  our  worship.
                                             The  Bible  continues  to  say,  “Oh,
                   worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!”  The Lord requires us



                                              74
   70   71   72   73   74   75   76   77   78   79   80