Lesson No. 4 - Daily Intellectual Honesty

One very important aspect of one’s Intellectual Honesty is that individual’s religion, or in the case of Christianity, that individual’s relationship with God. I am sure we have all pondered this point before—I have myself—but today I was struck again with the simplicity of its meaning: Worship, singing, & emotions on Sunday without worship, service (to others because of guidance by the Holy Spirit) & integrity throughout the week is useless. James writes it like this, If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless. Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

When we attend a service of our choosing to learn about and worship God, do we sing words that only rhyme or are cleverly transcribed? Or do we sing with a heart, attitude and life-lived-last-week that supports the words coming out of our mouths.

Today, my favorite song and reminder was penned by David Glenn.

We come before You Lord, to sing Your praise
You are our everything, the Ancient of Days
Take joy in what You hear as we lift up Your name
We come to glorify Your name

We come to glorify, glorify
Glorify Your name
We come to glorify, glorify
Glorify Your name

We are Your people and we come before Your throne
We come to worship You, to worship You alone…