Exalt the Lord!

For Tuesday, July 11, 2023:

Romans 1:19 NLT: “Sinful wicked people know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them.”

In Jesus’ day, people would routinely discuss and debate religion and philosophy and first order questions like the origin of the earth. They were trying to figure things out, how life worked. There were a lot of false gods to weed out. And before Jesus, people had not experienced a Messiah, who could answer numerous questions!

Paul is setting the record straight. Anyone who examines nature’s annual rejuvenation, the planets, sun and our solar system, the tilt of the earth resulting in four seasons can only conclude that God is real. Our sustenance was intelligently designed! God has made himself obvious. And those not accepting God are rejecting him.

Here’s the problem: “Although they knew God, they did not glorify Him.” If God has made himself obvious to us, we need to praise and worship and lift up his holy name! It is right to do so. God loves you, and you should love him back!

Nothing is more important today than exalting the Lord!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship