June 29

Worship: Truckloads of Gadgets

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I muse on
the work of Your hands. I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs
for You like a thirsty land.
--Psalm 143:5-6

These people who have to have truckloads of gadgets to get their
religion going, what will they do when they don't have anything
like that? The truck can't get where they're going.

I heard a man boast this afternoon on the radio to come to his
place because they were going to bring in equipment from
Pennsylvania and Ohio to serve the Lord with. What equipment do
you need to serve the Lord with, brother? Why, the dear old camp
meeting ladies used to say, "See, this is my harp with ten strings
and I praise the Lord!" And they'd clap their little old wrinkled
hands with shining faces. What claptrap do you need? Do you need a
bushel basket full of stuff to serve the Lord with?

Brother, if you have two knees and even if you're stiffened up
with arthritis so you can't get on your knees, you can look up in
your heart. For prayer isn't getting on your knees--prayer is the
elevation of the heart to God. That's all a man needs. You can
pray in a prison, you can pray in an airplane, you can pray in a
ship; you can pray anywhere and you can worship God, because it's
Himself that we want, Himself.

"Lord, show me Yourself this morning. I don't have any 'claptrap'
or equipment here; I just want to get on my knees and worship. I
meditate on Your works, my soul longs for You, here in the quiet
of my study. Amen."