It's Time To Do Something New

Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting—
they are all sinful and false.  I want no more of your pious meetings.
¹⁴ I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals.  They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!  ¹⁵ When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.  Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,  for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims. (IS. 1:13-15)

GOD HAS HAD IT!  With our revivals, our trustee meetings, our elder board gatherings, our celebrations of NOTHINGNESS, our church wide fasts, your shoutings, your touch ya neighbor 3 times...the SHOW...why?  I don't know who this is really for....but whether you go to a particular church or this is for you, the reader (a church), God isn't glorified by your human inspired holy ghost filled worship services when.......You can't stand your neighbors.   When you are at difference with your parents.    When there are people in your bandwidth of knowledge that utilities are being disconnected, or going hungry that night due to unfortunate circumstances.   When the homeless are being ignored.  When you aren't really seeking to defend the widows and orphans of the world. 

GOD through the prophet Isaiah suggests (vs. 17) that we stop all our religious acts and begin to learn to do good, and seek justice.  STOP looking at it (the situation) with your eyes and see it the way JESUS does.   LOOK at what the immediate need is and see where can you best serve.    LISTEN to what the Spirit of GOD encourages you to do....and be bold enough to do it.   So while this day is just beginning for most of us.....Here's what I simply suggest...that you seek to do good all day today.  Purpose your heart to GLORIFY GOD through your deeds & words and when you got to pray or lift up your hands in praise His blessings upon your life will wash you with His presence upon you.  It all comes down to ......LGLP