AW Tozer on Worship

"We’re here to be worshippers first and workers only second. We take a convert and immediately make a worker out of him. God never meant it to be so. God meant that a convert should learn to be a worshipper, and after that he can learn to be a worker. The work done by a worshipper will have eternity in it."

---

A. W. Tozer, Gems from Tozer (Camp Hill, PA: WingSpread, 1979). 15.

Skiing in New York

This week I am skiing in New York at Holiday Valley. The conditions and weather are great. I am here with 2 of my brothers for our annual ski trip.

Blessings -

John

Walk - Part 2

The word walk is expounded in Genesis 6 when the author is describing the life of Noah. Verse 9 uses the same word in the same syntax (other than the fact that for Noah it is in the perfect and for Enoch it was in the imperfect) to describe the relationship that Noah had with God. When the two uses are juxtaposed to each other, we understand the relationship that Enoch had with with God. If Noah and Enoch were both said to have walked with God, then we know the following about Enoch since more is said regarding Noah:

1. Enoch was a "righteous" man
2. Enoch was "blameless" among the people of his time
3. Enoch found "favor" in the eyes of the LORD.

I still need to stay right here for a little bit. This adds a little more light to the life of Noah's grandfather.

Blessings-

John

Walk

I am reading in Genesis 5 the long list of genealogy from Adam to Noah and to be honest I am ready to skip over it. I choose to plug along and come to verses 22 and 24 and I stop. It says that Enoch walked with God. These questions prompted me to further study:

1. What does it mean when it says that Enoch walked with God?
   
2. Did he physically walk with God?
   
3. Why did this author include this?
4. What was so special about walking with God that caused Him to take him away?
5. Why is there not more said about Enoch? You'd think that if walking with God was so important then wouldn't there be more said of this?

What I know is that the verb is hitpael, imperfect and a preliminary definition with this in mind and in this context is to walk constantly with God. I am going to park here for a little bit. I'd love your thoughts, too.

Blessings,

John

Innocence

Pictures like this remind Lisa and me about how innocent children can be. Anna hugging John Arthur and John enjoying it is a sight that seems too infrequent. :) More like it, they seem to fight and bicker with each other. LOL. Thank God for the moments like this that remind us of innocence.

Blessings to you for a Happy and Safe 2009!

John & Lisa