“Honorology” IV

So if you’ve been keeping up with this blog series, and have given some thought it all, you’d probably come to realise now that:

Honour is about what you decide, not what they deserve

Because I can tell you how much this person deserves honour, or how much God deserves His rightful honour but if your heart and mind has decided otherwise, no matter what you do, it won’t be enough.

In addition, if you think about the first two points mentioned before, 

The level of honour you give, is determined by the value you perceive. &The level of value you receive is determined by the amount honor you give

Those would also be determined by what you decide to put in, and give.

The danger lies in that we are able to decide on how much honour we give someone in spite of how much they deserve or any otherwise, and therein we will in our inward-looking nature, take to comparison their lives and ours, lifting ourselves up while looking them down and therefore withhold all forms of respect and honour someone deserves.

It is a temptation made real.

My question to you would be - do you think you are even worth to honour at all? Aren’t we all, in the eyes of God, flawed? So what honour do we deserve? 

And yet Christ saw beyond those flaws, beyond our unworthiness, the value in us all and decided to die in our place. The most honorable for the unhonorable.

So we don’t honour someone just based on what they do or say or on their performance, but what God sees in them, and who God is to us.

Never ever let prayer be an excuse to dismiss leadership or dishonour someone. Especially in church, serving under leadership that is taking a toll on everyone’s life. Even if people do not deserve our respect right now, we are gonna do all we can to build the church cause at the end of the day, we are not gonna give an account of someone elses leadership, we are gonna give an account of who we honored.

Are you able to pass the honor test? Can you give honor to someone whom honour is hard to give to?

My prayer is that you make a conscious decision to give honour to God, your family, friends and leadership no matter the circumstances not because they deserve it but because of who God is to us. 

Whenever you find it hard, refocus. Refocus. Refocus. Fix your eyes on the God who is merciful and gracious to you. Fix your eyes on the love God has for you.

It is because there is a love for God, that there is a fear for Him, a desire to honour Him and be excellent for Him.

I gotta give credit and honour to Pastor Steven Furtick from Elevation Church and my awesome friend Aiken for teaching me so much about honour and the fear of the Lord. Most of the pointers came from them. They are an inspiration.

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