Finding that quiet place to communicate with God is not as easy as a lot of people make it out to be. With all the demands on our time these days it can feel like it is just another thing on our list. Having a list is not a bad thing, but time with God is not something you put on a list. What usually happens with your lists? They get lost, forgotten or too enormous and you just eventually forget about them. Take God off your list and make Him part of your regular day. Easier said than done, right? Getting this part is the critical piece to experiencing what God has for you and wants to do in your life.
Once you have come to that quiet place, our tendency is to start asking God for things and He does want us to come to him with our needs, but what He desires most is that we come to Him with worship and praise. You don’t have to be at church with a Full Worship Band and Worship leader to experience true Praise and Worship with God. Does not matter if you can sing, that is not what God is interested in. He desires your full attention and whatever sound you make is beautiful to Him. When we give our All to God and just worship Him, His presence will begin to fill the place you are in. You will begin to see Him clear and hear his voice. In Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah describes what he sees when he sees the Lord. “I saw the LORD sitting on the throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.” The purpose of our worship is to glorify, honor, praise, exalt and please God. When we worship we must show our adoration and loyalty to God for His grace in providing us with the way to escape the bondage of sin, so we can have salvation He so much wants to give each and every one of us. When we worship we come to Him humble and contrite, submitting fully to Him.
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Jesus says in John 4:23-24, "But the hour is coming, and now is, when true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." It doesn’t say we can worship God anyway we want, but we "must worship Him in spirit and in truth". The word "must" makes it absolute. There is no other way we can worship God and be acceptable to Him. The word "must", according to Webster, expresses "an obligation, a requirement, a necessity, a certainty, and something that must be done". When "must" is used it means that it is not optional. Here the word "must" is expressing that in spirit and in truth is the only way to acceptably worship God. God seeks true worshippers, and He identifies them as those who "worship Him in spirit and in truth". Worshipping God in spirit and in truth is a serious matter which must not be taken lightly. If we have any regard for our own souls, we will want to make sure we are worshipping God in spirit and in truth.
Worship is a time when we pay deep, sincere, awesome respect, love, and fear to the one who created us. Acts 17:24-25 says, "God who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives life, breath, and all things."
Worship should cause us to reflect on the majesty and graciousness of God and Christ, contrasted to our own unworthiness. God does not have to have our worship, but we must worship Him to please Him. Our singing, praying, studying His word, giving, and communion are designed by God to bring us closer to Him and to cause us to think more like He thinks, thus becoming more like Him. James 4:8 tells us to, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."
Our worship not only honors and magnifies God, but it is also for our own edification and strength. Worship helps us develop a God-like and Christ-like character. We become like unto those we admire and worship. When we worship God we tend to value what God values and gradually take on the characteristics and qualities of God, but never to His level. As Philippians 2:5 says, "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ." How do we take on the mind of Christ? In Romans 12:2 we read, "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." We renew our mind as we study and meditate on God’s word and worship Him.
When we worship God we develop such traits as forgiveness, tenderness, justice, righteousness, purity, kindness, and love. All of this is preparing us for eternal life in heaven with God and Christ. As we are told in Colossians 3:2 to, "Set your mind on things above, and not on things on the earth."
Do you want to live “The God Experience”? It all begins with you and how you approach the time you spend with Him. Give God your first and watch how your life will be blessed. If you just Dwell with God and let him work in your life, not only do you benefit but those around you will benefit. Allow God to be ever present in your Life and enjoy the Experience.
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