Center of Worship

[Daily Devotional]

Center of Worship 

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-
kindness and for thy truth. Ps. 138: 2. 

The bright and cheerful side of our religion will be represented by all who
are daily consecrated to God. . . . While we review, not the dark chapters
in our experience, but the manifestations of God's great mercy and unfailing
love, we shall praise far more than complain. We shall talk of the loving
faithfulness of God as the true, tender, compassionate shepherd of His
flock, which He has declared that none shall pluck out of His hand. The
language of the heart will not be selfish murmuring and repining. Praise,
like clear- flowing streams, will come from God's truly believing ones. . .
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The temple of God is opened in heaven, and the threshold is flushed with the
glory of God which is for every church that will love God and keep His
commandments. We need to study, to meditate, and to pray. Then we shall have
spiritual eyesight to discern the inner courts of the celestial temple. We
shall catch the themes of song and thanksgiving of the heavenly choir round
about the throne. When Zion shall arise and shine, her light will be most
penetrating, and precious songs of praise and thanksgiving will be heard in
the assemblies of the saints. Murmuring and complaining over little
disappointments and difficulties will cease. . . . We shall see our Advocate
offering up the incense of His own merits in our behalf. . . . 

God teaches that we should assemble in His house to cultivate the attributes
of perfect love. This will fit the dwellers of earth for the mansions that
Christ has gone to prepare for all who love Him. There they will assemble in
the sanctuary from Sabbath to Sabbath, from one new moon to another, to
unite in loftiest strains of song, in praise and thanksgiving to Him who
sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever. 

Our God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, declares: "Whoso offereth
praise glorifieth me" (Ps. 50: 23). All heaven unite in praising God. Let us
learn the song of the angels now, that we may sing it when we join their
shining ranks. Let us say with the psalmist: "While I live will I praise the
Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being" (Ps. 146: 2). 

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