Romans 1:21-25, “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.  Amen.”

In these passages Paul the apostle is talking to the believers, he is saying that they know who God is, but they became vain in their imaginations, meaning they began to pick apart the things of God that they liked apart from the things of God they didn’t agree with.  This reminds me a lot of some of us Christians today, so many of us pick and choose what parts of the Bible we like, and the parts that we don’t like we just skim over and don’t pay much attention to.  If  God wanted us to do that then He wouldn’t have given us the whole Bible to read, He could’ve just chose the “most encouraging and uplifting scriptures” to put into it so we would be satisfied and content with ourselves every time we read it.  In verse 25 Paul tells us that they began to change the truth of God into a lie and began worshipping the creature more than the Creator.  As I was reading this the first thought that came to my mind was, “How dare they!  How could they worship the things God created, but not God Himself!”  Then I came to realize, if you truly think about it, how much do we worship the blessings, and the things God so freely gives us because He loves us that much, yet we take those things for granted daily, even if we don’t realize it at the time. If we start loving those things and desiring after the satisfaction of them, then we truly are worshiping the amazing blessings God give us rather than worshipping Him!  Let us as Believers and Lovers of God, never seek after His hand and the blessings He so lovingly gives us, but let us keep seeking after His face, and His face alone!

Keshia Heath
Guest Minister Coordinator