Good day dear friends. Today is the tenth and last day of General Conference 2012 in Tampa, Florida. We are set to adjourn this afternoon at 5:30 p.m., but many suspect we will be finishing closer to 12 midnight. My prayer blog for today can be found at http://50daysprayer.blogspot.com/2012/05/goodbye-farewell-hasta-la-vista.html.
Our text comes from Psalm 22: 25 Here in this great gathering for worship I have discovered this praise-life. And I'll do what I promised right here in front of the God-worshipers. 26 Down-and-outers sit at God's table and eat their fill. Everyone on the hunt for God is here, praising him. "Live it up, from head to toe. Don't ever quit!" 27 From the four corners of the earth people are coming to their senses, are running back to God. Long-lost families are falling on their faces before him. 28 God has taken charge; from now on he has the last word. 29 All the power-mongers are before him - worshiping! All the poor and powerless, too - worshiping! Along with those who never got it together - worshiping! 30Our children and their children will get in on this As the word is passed along from parent to child.31 Babies not yet conceived will hear the good news - that God does what he says. (The Message)
Worship is an essential part of life. This time spent in General Conference, ten days with delegates from all over the world, has been a time of making decisions, plans, and worship. Worship has been key. All types of worship styles have been shared with us. There has not been one quiet lunch or break time in which the music of praise in some language has not wafted through the air of our meeting spaces. Some worship styles have blessed, some have troubled, some have even angered; but the purpose has not been about us, but about God. This psalm, part of which Jesus uttered from the cross, shares the psalmist's faith that the day would come when all those who knew and loved the Lord God would return to a place of worship. So strong is his faith that he says even unborn children would hear the good news.
There are several unborn children among us and they have been hearing this music and I wonder how it is blessing them as they continue to develop in their mother's womb. I also wondered what our Church will look like in their lifetime and I pray that it will have the fruits of our labors during our time together. It will begin with revival; a complete surrender of our lives and wills to God, repentant about our sins and a willingness to receive and take advantage of any second chances God will give us to live lives of righteousness. Let it begin with me.
PRAYER: Loving God of new life, start in me and those who pray this prayer as theirs. May our lives be transformed so that we can transform the world. In Christ Jesus I pray, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
Eradio Valverde
