Presenting Yourself

Mat 15:7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:8 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And [72] honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' " [73]

If there is one thing that we have forgotten, it is that Yahweh is a Holy God. And because we have forgotten that we forget how important it is to approach Yahweh with singleness of heart and mind. We have gotten too familiar with Yahweh that we treat Him with disdain. We treat Him like He were any other person. There is no honor and respect for that which is Holy and Just.

We try to speak to Him with no different attitude than we do anybody else. This modern way of worship is flagrant pride at it's best. We have been led to believe that we can just strut up in His Presence chewing our gum, high - fiving the Most High.

Just because we live in the New Testament and are in the period of Grace does not mean that we can do this. He is the same God that parted the Red Sea, that brought the Judgment upon Pharoah and Sodom and Gomarah. He's the same God that sits on His Throne in the sides of the North.

We must learn or re-learn how to present ourselves before His Presence. We must be free from sin. Paul told the Cornithians when partaking of the Lord's Supper, to "examine yourself".

1Co 11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

He said that many are sick and die prematurely because they are partaking of something without understanding how important it is to properly present or prepare themself for His Presence.

The High Priest, before going into the Holy of Holies, had to go through several ceremonial cleansings. Now, I'm not saying we have to do what they did, because the Blood of Jesus opens up the way to His Presence for us. BUT, we must not come to Him in our pride and arrogance. We are not to walk up to Him with the "What's up Pops?" attitude.

NO, NO, NO!!! We should approach Him with a Holy fear and reverence. With the utmost respect, giving Him our undivided, un-hypocritical attention. When we present ourselves to Him, we must make sure we have come the right way. The reverant way, the humble way. The way of clean hands and a pure heart.

So, remember, the next time you enter His Presence, remember who He is. Come with confidence, but come with humility. Come with NO sin. Come with a heart as white as the driven snow. Come, bow down and worship Him.