In the Morning I look to You

In the Morning I Look for You
“In the morning I look for you, My rock and my tower, I lay my prayers before you, that day and night are in me.
Before your greatness, I stand, and am unnerved, because your eye will see the thoughts that are in me.
What is it that the heart or the tongue can do, and what power is there in the spirit that is in me?
But I know you are pleased with the songs that men make, and so I shall praise you while the divine soul is in me.”
             Solomon Ibn Gabirol
I write this to those who go to church each week. Please consider it carefully.
Do you look to God each morning? Do you lay your prayers before Him? Do you praise Him?
The Psalmist wrote,

“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. 

He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 

he restores my soul. 

He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 

I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. 

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, 

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”

                                                                                                                   Psalm 23
Can you truly say the Lord is your Shepherd? Or, Do you see Church as a place you need to go to once a week to feel good.
Do you worship God while on your own, when there is no one around to see you?
Are you sure if you were to die today you would go to heaven?
I ask this because there are many who go to church every week who truly don’t know God. There are those who read my Blogs who even though they may go to church have not accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. They may not even realize they are not going to heaven.
I therefore write the following to those who go to church but do not have the assurance they are going to heaven.
The way to heaven is open to anyone who believes. It comes down to who you think Jesus is and if you believe what he said,
Jesus said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 
John 3:16-18
John’s gospel records this,
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” 
              John 14:6

   Paul writing to the Romans said,
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” 
                                                   Romans 3:23,24.
Sinning is falling short of what God wants for you life. Sin separates us from God.
Isaiah telling us,
“All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.” 
                                                                                                                           Isaiah 64:6
  John noting,
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.  
If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.” 
       1 John 1:9,10.
Paul make it clear salvation is not something we can work for. Paul writing to the Ephesians stating,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—  not by works, so that no one can boast.” 
                                                                  Ephesians 2:8,9
Ultimately salvation is an act of faith, Hebrews stating,
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him”
                                                                                                               Hebrews 11:6
Faith defined as,
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” 
                                                                                                                              Hebrews 11:1.
If you believe the above and have never formally accepted Jesus into your heart and mind perhaps now is the time. It’s as simple as saying this prayer.
Dear Heavenly Father
I believe Jesus is your one and only Son. I believe that he came to earth to die for my sins. That through His sacrificial death on the cross my sins are forgiven.
I admit I am a sinner and ask that you forgive my sins and become Lord of my life today.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen
Please think about it.