Point You To Worship
After about 30 minutes I stopped and turned around. Wow. What a perspective. The hotel looked tiny with the Dead Sea behind it. I had an intense time of worship on that mountain in the middle of the dessert. I looked at my hands and said, God, thank you for changing my life. As I looked at the Dead Sea I thought to myself that I had been dead yet He made me alive when I received Him. That was my first act of worship. Then I thought about the mountain being a mountain of worship representing my Christian life. I said, God, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to climb. Thank you for the fact that even though I have fallen, even though I have plateaued now and then, even though I have struggled or gotten scared by doubt or questions, You have given me little markers along the way. You have shown me that I am becoming a true worshipper.
What was going on? What was happening? This mountain in the dessert became sort of a symbol in my life that pointed me to worship. It was as if God was saying, Ed, you have 110 hours every week. Think about this mountain. Think about your progress. Reflect me and mirror me in all that you do and that you say. And that is precisely the direction in which we are going over then next few minutes. I want to help you through the Bible, Gods revealed word to us. I want to assist you in becoming keenly aware of the things in your life, the significant symbols that God has placed in your path to point you to worship.
Ed Young that ill begin by asking you this question. How many of you love to snow ski? Raise your hands. I have skied one time in my life, fifteen years ago. It was a lot of fun and hopefully I will do it again one day. When you are skiing, maybe cruising down a Black Diamond, you are watching and looking at and checking out snow. So when you see the snow or maybe when you wipe out and eat snow, what does it cause you to do? Maybe you are not a skier but into the weather channel. You check it out and see snow. Maybe you are praying for snow. When you think about snow it should cause you to worship.
What was going on? What was happening? This mountain in the dessert became sort of a symbol in my life that pointed me to worship. It was as if God was saying, Ed, you have 110 hours every week. Think about this mountain. Think about your progress. Reflect me and mirror me in all that you do and that you say. And that is precisely the direction in which we are going over then next few minutes. I want to help you through the Bible, Gods revealed word to us. I want to assist you in becoming keenly aware of the things in your life, the significant symbols that God has placed in your path to point you to worship.
Ed Young that ill begin by asking you this question. How many of you love to snow ski? Raise your hands. I have skied one time in my life, fifteen years ago. It was a lot of fun and hopefully I will do it again one day. When you are skiing, maybe cruising down a Black Diamond, you are watching and looking at and checking out snow. So when you see the snow or maybe when you wipe out and eat snow, what does it cause you to do? Maybe you are not a skier but into the weather channel. You check it out and see snow. Maybe you are praying for snow. When you think about snow it should cause you to worship.
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