GodReflection: Power Words

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; – Psalms 95:6

Talk about a word with multiple nuances. The current political and religious climate joins with world history in an attempt to redefine the word “right.”

Self-interest is a synonym for right in today’s world.

In Scripture, to be right is to be righteous. Right is a holy word. Right paints its portrait from the God person Jesus sitting as the subject. Wrong doesn’t exist in the life of Jesus. He is the embodiment of right.

I want to be right. However, far more than I want to admit that desire leads me to the opposite. Instead of dependence upon Jesus for righteousness, I can go to great lengths to prove my own rightness.

More often than not—Satan steps in and being right became more important than what I set out to prove.

Others become my target for the right standard I create rather than allowing the right that flows from Jesus to cleanse me.

With targeted individuals in my mind I feel the need to prove I am right. Where do I get my arrogance and my need to be right?

Ok, my “right gene” comes from fallen Adam and not from risen Jesus.

In more sober moments, I know I should take my cue from Jesus rather than Adam.

I want to remember the only valid right comes from Jesus. Once again, I must remind myself to allow Jesus to stand at the center of the way I act.

As I move closer to resurrection day, I find the number of times increase when I make room for the Spirit and act from true rightness.

However, I continue to lament the far too many times when that is not the case. I still fall into the temptation to prove I am right when the truth is I was never the source of right nor will I ever be right.

It is impossible for me to worship God from the posture of arrogance. It is both laughable and pathetic to believe for a moment that I can offer my rightness to God in worship.

Here is what I think.

If I were to attribute right as the sole possession of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit might that one act create an atmosphere of 24/7 worship?

Might I start to see increased amounts of right flow from my life?

Might I begin to see the desire to look for perceived wrong in others lessen?

John the apostle reminds me where to begin: If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.

Right becomes a word of power when I define it right.

Stay tuned.

Dr. Gary J. Sorrells  –  A GodReflection on Right Worship

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