6.20.8 "Got Your DLOW?"

"Got Your DLOW?"

I Kings 22:1-53
Acts 13:16-41
Psalm 138:1-8
Proverbs 17:17-18

Just a quick reminder this morning about the Dynamic Lifestyle of Worship: We need to live in the habit of worship. It needs to be a part of our life. It's our oxygen. I was reminded of this again & again through today's one year bible reading.

In I Kings 22:4-5 Jehoshaphat is agreeing to help Ahab. He says, "Of course! You and I are brothers; my people are yours to command,... But," he added, "we should ask the Lord first, to be sure of what he wants us to do."

Sometimes life can become so "routine" because we just react the way we always do. We often say, "sure I can do that...I can do that..." and like the old TV commercial we end up w/ enough stuff to find ourselves saying "how am I gonna do that??" We commit to things in the flesh rather than making sure we are hearing and responding to the voice of God.

How much better life will be the more we get our DLOW (Dynamic Lifestyle of Worship) goin'. In verse 14, the prophet Micaiah says, "This I vow that I will say only what the Lord tells me to!" How much better would my life be if those were my words!

In Acts 13:22 Paul is speaking in the synogogue, and he discribes David as king, "a man about whom God said, 'David (son of Jesse) is a man after my own heart, for he will obey me." I love the line, "for he will obey me."

Remember today, that your worship not about your songs! Its about your obedience. You can be described as one after God's own heart... if you obey.

Today's Psalm 138:3 says "When I pray, you answer me, and encourage me by giving me the strength I need." God is always faithful to give the strength we need. The song, "Let my words be few" has the line, "Jesus, I am so in love with you." Think about what that means: I am in love with Jesus. What does that imply? That means I can't wait to talk to him. Communicating with him is a priority. I look for ways to please him. I want to honor him in word, action, thought, and throughout my whole life. That's what my DLOW should be like.

It doesn't make a difference what you're going through. Psalm 138:7-8 says, "Though I am surrounded by troubles, you will bring me safely through them. You will clench your fist against my angry enemies! Your power will save me. The Lord will work out his plans for my life."

Isn't it Great that God's got your back? When we are walking in obedience the circumstances may not get all rosy all of a sudden. Remember the prophet Micaiah? Yeah, well after he said only what the Lord wanted him to, he ended up in prison on a bread and water diet. So what does that mean? Does that mean he shouldn't have been obedient?

We can't let our circumstances dictate our obedience. Our obedience must guide our lives REGARDLESS of circumstance. THEN this life of Worship gets DYNAMIC!

Well, Get your DLOW going!


Through the Power of the Spirit,
Live the DREAM!

P Greg


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