Altered at the Altar

Psalms 43:4
Then will I go unto the altar of God,
unto God my exceeding joy:
yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

With much stress and heartache among all people today we are faced with finding hope. Have you seen all of the modern medication commercials lately? They usually tell about the cure for our problem and then spend the last two minutes of a two and a half minute commercial telling how it will alter you with its many side effects. How about the alcoholic beverage commercials? "Just a little something to take the edge off", they say. We live such an altered lifestyle nowadays. Dependent upon medication to wake us as well as put us to sleep. Some to pick us up and some to chill us out. Some to fix our stomach issues and others that effect our stomach issues. Wave after wave it rolls upon us. Not to mention the slogans from alcohol dealers that tell us to forget our troubles and have a cold one. "Guinness says "it's Good For You." Another one says, "Where there's life, there's Bud". We alter our minds, some alter their bodies, we even alter our situations and still come up short on the peace we are looking for.

We are convinced that our altered minds or attitudes is the answer for our peace and hope. I know that you could say I don't know what you're going through. I don't know your life or pain. You are right! I don't, and you don’t know mine, but I bet this man named David knew. He could have easily altered his life with things that made him forget his sin and struggle, but he chose to altar himself instead of being altered.

When my heartaches come, and they do often, I love getting altar-ed! Look again at what David said, "Then will I go into the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God." Did you know that things can be altered at the altar? Go... Go now.