Well said Kevin. Now Trace may have made a song of these words but they come directly from the Holy Bible which was dictated to man by God. Like many songs we call "religious". We are saying the same thing in that we believe in the power of God made nature. I just added that the relationships between men [ God's finest creation ]s as important as our personal relationship with Jesus. I too do not believe in "Religion, or Church buildings. I believe in personal relationships between like minded people who are worshipping Jesus the person and Lord all in one. This universe was not made by something. It was made by a complex intelligence who has feelings and passions and supreme intelligence. If you invented a special laser, and people examined it and gave credit to the laser or said it is so good it must have been made by a highly intelligent robot, or worse they said it must just have evolved from some old used parts that were randomly tossed into a box, how would you feel? God feels the same way when His Creation [us] try to find ways of giving credit to randomness and "nature" when He knows He personally Crafted it by His own words Jesus Spoke all we see into Existence. Lord Jesus - The Word - gave us all we see, feel, and touch, along with all the things we cannot see or the things we don't even know. Jesus made us curious so that we could marvel at the "Discoveries" of His handiwork. We think we are brilliant because we "Discover something in the macro or micro universe. We call it a New discovery, and award ourselves. God smiles and recalls how He placed it there knowing how and when we'd find it.. We are HIs children playing an endless game of hide and seek. God made it all, and made so much that it would take eternity to come close to discovering a fraction of His Creation. You are a sensitive and compassionate person. Give God a break, and thank HIm for all the joy you see in His creations. You say you see peace and tranquility in all of nature. Do not let satan fool you by adoring the creation and not the creator. God is not a lake or a mountain or snow or things He made. That is Satan's lie of Pantheism he uses in order to take away the real praise and glory which should be given to the Maker and Lord over all those things. Just like you are not in the lasers you service. You are you, and God is God. Nothing is Random.
Sunday, December 6, 2020
How do we Worship
Will Rodgers
- It's a country song by Trace Adkins. In the song he praises his preacher. He is not without a congregation. I think the message is that any prayer, reflection, or meditation on "God" or one's own life or purpose, no matter the setting, is a good thing. And when you can do it in a place that reminds you that someone or something created all that we have, so much the better. I think it's a fine message. That's why I shared it. P.S. I hate to mix in an Ozark reference, but perhaps holding services on a lake (or a golf course at sunrise, or on a ski hill after a powder dump, or a white sand, blue water beach at almost any time, among many better options than a building made by men) would be a great way to practice gratitude while being in awe of our creator. Peace to you my brother.
