Honor and Respect
When you see the word “honor” what do you think of? When we honor someone or something, we hold them in high regard; we respect them; we consider them of great value and worth; we give them priority; we treat them with dignity and respect.
God spoke to Eli the priest in 1 Samuel 2:30 and He told Eli that those who honor God He will honor and those who despise God shall be lightly esteemed (valued, regarded or honored).
For those of us who are pressing toward the mark of intimacy with God and standing our ground in righteousness, we may say that we have no problem with honor. I had the Lord do a check on me, and I had my spiritual eyes opened to many truths. That which we honor, we give time to. That which we honor we defer to. We honor God by honoring one another in whom God dwells. Honoring someone means that we do not talk about them or discuss their weaknesses with others. Obviously God considers honor a “very big deal.” Even so, we should consider honor “a very big deal.”
We have an actual commandment to honor our father and mother. In the scriptures we are told to honor God, to honor the Son of God, to honor the old, to honor widows. Wives, we are told to honor our husbands. In 1 Peter 2:17 in the Amplified Bible we are admonished to “Show respect for all men [treat them honorably]. Love the brotherhood (the Christian fraternity of which Christ is the Head). Reverence God. Honor the emperor.”
For me, the capstone scripture is found in Revelation 5:12,13,14. Worthy is the Lamb (Jesus) that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four living creatures said, Amen (so be it)! And the 24 elders fell down and worshipped Him that lives for ever and ever.
We must give honor to receive honor. The law of seed, time and harvest works with everything.
God spoke to Eli the priest in 1 Samuel 2:30 and He told Eli that those who honor God He will honor and those who despise God shall be lightly esteemed (valued, regarded or honored).
For those of us who are pressing toward the mark of intimacy with God and standing our ground in righteousness, we may say that we have no problem with honor. I had the Lord do a check on me, and I had my spiritual eyes opened to many truths. That which we honor, we give time to. That which we honor we defer to. We honor God by honoring one another in whom God dwells. Honoring someone means that we do not talk about them or discuss their weaknesses with others. Obviously God considers honor a “very big deal.” Even so, we should consider honor “a very big deal.”
We have an actual commandment to honor our father and mother. In the scriptures we are told to honor God, to honor the Son of God, to honor the old, to honor widows. Wives, we are told to honor our husbands. In 1 Peter 2:17 in the Amplified Bible we are admonished to “Show respect for all men [treat them honorably]. Love the brotherhood (the Christian fraternity of which Christ is the Head). Reverence God. Honor the emperor.”
For me, the capstone scripture is found in Revelation 5:12,13,14. Worthy is the Lamb (Jesus) that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four living creatures said, Amen (so be it)! And the 24 elders fell down and worshipped Him that lives for ever and ever.
We must give honor to receive honor. The law of seed, time and harvest works with everything.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 10:41 AM
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