CBC Worship Ministries: Devotional Blog

How well do you know the one you worship? It's a legit question. How
can we worship something that we really don't know a whole lot about?
If I'm going to make something the object of my worship, I ought to be
pretty sure I know what or who it is I'm worshiping. That's why the
Bible is so remarkable. Do you realize that it is highly improbable,
for example, that you could trace your genealogy back 42 generations?
Yet the first chapter of Matthew clearly outlines the genealogy of
Jesus back 42 generations. I'd say that's a valid birth certificate.
(Some of you probably can't even find your birth certificate). It's
not just the birth certificate, it's also the pedigree - starting with
Abraham, through which God promised that he would bless all mankind.
The result of that promise: Jesus.

Think about this. When Jesus was here on earth, there were no
newspapers. No magazines, no periodicals. No cameras, no audio
recording devices, no telecommunications, no tv, no radio, no
satellite communications, not even a telegraph. I doubt they used
smoke signals. There was NO INTERNET. (How did they get by!!) No
blackberries, no pda's, no assistive devices of any kind. Yet in
spite of all that deprivation (at least it would be for me) we have
specific, detailed and intimate records of the birth, life, death,
resurrection and ascension of Christ. I encourage you to take a few
minutes today and read Matthew 1. That's right, read the genealogy. It
is a record of the amazing path that Jesus took to arrive here on
earth. It's filled with great people, prostitutes, kings, heros, and
sinners. Yet somehow their stories all contain that one inescapable
truth - that the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would descend from their
lineage.

By the way, I'm still getting to know the one I worship. I've been
with him now for a grand total of 48 years. (Yikes am I old!) And
after 48 years I still have so much to learn. What about you? Are you
getting to know, really know, the one you worship? It will make your
ministry so much more effective as you begin to plumb the depths of
all there is to know about your Savior. Get started today. After all,
you might only have, say, another 48 years to go. . .