Inspiration & Worship

The Bible is the Master Plan. It tells us where we came from, who we are, what we should be doing and what our future holds. Without scripture, we’re like infants “tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.” (Ephesians 4:4).

Scripture tells us our identity. We were once paradise dwellers in harmony with God; we chose to trust in ourselves more than God (the fall); our lives became unbearable without God. But God devised a plan to restore our harmony with Him (foreshadowed in the Old Testament) which culminated in the arrival, ministry, death and resurrection of our Messiah, Jesus Christ (Gospels). Now we are part of the “church” (ecclesia, in Greek, “the called out” of God) and our work is to help others be reconciled to God by faith. (Acts, Epistles).

Our decision to accept Jesus Christ means our physical bodies will be transformed by God in the next life and we’ll forever be with Him. But in the here and now, we’re to: “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” (Colossians 3:1-4)

Paul tells Christians in Rome to “offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.” (Romans 12:1-2.)

We’re to carry on Christ’s ministry of love and reconciliation, says Paul. “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” (Romans 12:9).

Our future life with Christ was settled the moment we accepted him. Our current life is determined day by day when we do God’s will – or not. Do our lives reflect a master plan? Or The Master’s plan? ❚