PREVIEW: The problem is, from the beginning of mankind’s history, the human race has tried to reverse the immutable laws that the unchanging God has eternally established. We have done our dead-level best to create God in our image. We have usurped his rightful place. We live as if we were God. That is what ails the world, isn’t it? It’s an issue of godship — who is going to rule. Every sin, every war, every crime, every calamity, and every sad story of a broken home can be traced back to the wrong choice in the decision of godship. We have consistently put ourselves on the throne in place of the One who rightfully owns it all. But truly wise people have settled the issue of godship once and for all — and hopefully, that includes you!
A Journey of Worship // Psalm 24:1
The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.
God owns it all—the entire earth and all it contains, which means you and me. So that reality has huge implications for us, and for every other human being who has ever lived, lives now, and will live in the future. What are those implications? Consider this:
- God has the right of rulership over everything, including our lives.
- God determines the ways this world must operate, both physical laws as well as the moral code, and even the way we are obliged to live our lives.
- We cannot approach Go on our terms; we must bend to his terms.
- God doesn’t yield to us; we are to yield to him.
Why? He created it all, therefore, he owns it all. The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it—and that includes every man, woman, boy, and girl!
The problem is, from the beginning of mankind’s history, the human race has tried to reverse the immutable laws that the unchanging God has eternally established. We have done our dead-level best to create God in our image. We have usurped his rightful place. We live as if we were God.
That is what ails the world, isn’t it? It’s an issue of godship — who is going to rule. Every sin, every war, every crime, every calamity, and every sad story of a broken home can be traced back to the wrong choice in the decision of godship. We have consistently put ourselves on the throne in place of the One who rightfully owns it all.
And of course, what is true of humankind in general is true of our lives individually, including your life and mine. Our biggest issue, bar none, is godship: who will sit as Master and Commander of our moment-by-moment lives?
Truly wise people have settled that issue once and for all. They understand that God owns it all, and they are simply managing what he has given them in a way that will bring honor to the Owner. When we get that right in the big and small, seen and unseen moments of life, everything else will fall into place.
The most important question that you will be asked today — the most important question you will need to resolve in life — is this: Who is ruling your life — you or God?
I am not talking about that to which you verbally assent or what you believe in your heart. I am speaking about what is evident in the way you think, plan, talk, react to circumstances, respond to people, spend your money, use your time, and whatever else you do in each of the 86,400 seconds that tick off the clock in each of the days the Creator has graciously provided for you.
The greatest thing you can do with your life is to respond to your Creator’s desire to take his rightful place as your God. And what unspeakable and glorious joy for those who do!
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