What if all it took to bring us to our knees and to ignite our affections was the Word opened and the presence of God? What if that was enough for us? What if it didn't take a great band to evoke that kind of response from us in worship? What if His presence - His Word opened - what if it was enough?
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the significance of spirituality, suggesting that genuine worship can arise from simple connection to God's word and presence.
David Platt's quote reflects on the idea that true worship and deep emotional connection to God can occur not through elaborate external factors, such as a great band or grandiosity, but through the simple act of engaging with the Word of God and feeling His presence. It challenges individuals to reconsider what is truly necessary to experience profound reverence and affection in their spiritual lives.
In practice
During a church service to emphasize the importance of personal connection with God over performance.
So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone who willfully indulges in the selfish pursuit of more and more material possessions while ignoring the Bible on caring for the poor? The difference is that one involves a social taboo in the church and the other involves the social norm in the church.
The price is certainly high for people who don’t know Christ and who live in a world where Christians shrink back from self-denying faith and settle into self-indulging faith. While Christians choose to spend their lives fulfilling the American dream instead of giving their lives to proclaiming the kingdom of God, literally billions in need of the Gospel remain in the dark
What if the very reason we have breath is because we have been saved for a global mission? And what if anything less than passionate involvement in global mission is actually selling God short by frustrating the very purpose for which he created us?
A high view of God’s sovereignty fuels death-defying devotion to global missions. Maybe another way to put it, people, and more specifically pastors, who believe that God’s sovereign over all things will lead Christians to die for the sake of all peoples.
[...]there is no injustice in God. The injustice lies in Christians who possess the gospel and refuse to give their lives to making it known among those who haven't heard.
God involves us in his missions not because He needs us, but because He loves us. And in His mercy He has invited us to be involved in His sovereign design for the spread of the gospel to the ends of the earth.
The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.
Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.
For all of us, we put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He's in our boat. And when those storms come and those waves (of life) come, He's in the boat with us.
Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.
I'm not walking by sight- I'm, walking by faith
There are no 'if's' in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety - let us pray that we may always know it!
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