What do we need to do to become free worshipers?
1 Chronicles 16:23-36
“Sing to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day
after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvellous deeds among all
peoples. For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared
above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made
the heavens. Splendour and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his
dwelling-place. Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations, ascribe to
the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to his name;
bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in the splendour of his
holiness. Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly stabled; it
cannot be moved. Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among
the nations, ‘The Lord reigns!’ Let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let
the fields be jubilant, and everything in them! Let the trees of the forest
sing, let them sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures for ever. Cry out,
‘Save us, God our Saviour; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we
may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.’ Praise be to the
Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.”
Expectant
“Simon Peter,
Thomas, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other
disciples were together. ‘I’m going out to fish,’ Simon Peter told them, and
they said, ‘We’ll go with you.’ So, they went out and got into the boat, but
that night they caught nothing. Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore,
but the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus. He called out to them,
‘Friends, haven’t you any fish?’ ‘No,’ they answered. He said, ‘Throw your net
on the right side of the boat and you will find some.’ When they did, they were
unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. Then the
disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘it is the Lord!’ As soon as Simon
Peter heard him say this he wrapped his outer garment round him and jumped into
the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of
fish, for they were not far from shore.”
Peter had so much enthusiasm to see the Lord that he jumped
into the water to meet him without a second thought, for he had acceptance of
Jesus and a joy to see him. I am not sure I would have had the bravery to jump
into cold water and go to Jesus. You can use this as an example of what we
should do, and I don’t mean go jumping in cold water, but to jump into his arms
and have acceptance of him as he is our father who will always hold us up and
comfort us, as you would expect from a father. This passage supports what
Claire said, which was “Worship isn’t about how you feel but about who God is.”
This reminded me of a Casting Crown song which I am sure I have spoken about
before, but it is such an amazing and inspirational song. ‘Who I Am’.
God gives us passions which leads us to spread his word in
different industries and places. He takes our love and hope that we gladly give
him for he is our father and he loves us for who we are. He calls us to give
what we can even if all you have are tears, bring those tears and they will be
your worship.
Matthew 26:30
“When they had sung a hymn, they
went out to the Mount of Olives.”
Worship doesn’t have to be song or prayer but just giving yourself
and what you can to God.
Journey
Leading on from the last statement ‘Worship doesn’t have to
be singing or prayer’ we look at . . . What is worship really? It is to have a
greater intimacy with God which could be just taking time out of our busy lives
to just sit and be in his presence. Just sit in peace and give what you can to
God, whether that be yourself fully or just tears.
We are all in different places when worshiping God. I know I
have not completely given myself to God as there are so many worries in my life
that I feel I can’t just leave to God, but I need to remember that he has a
plan for me and my worries are just getting in the way of my relationship with God
and the feeling of having a greater intimacy with him.
You could be a puddle; you just feel like a complete mess and all you can give to God is tears. If that is you remember God is with you always and has a plan for you, but also remember that giving God your tears is enough because all you can give is what you have. It’s ok, even if you feel it isn’t enough, it is!
1 Samuel 17:48-49
“As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran
quickly towards the battle line to meet him. Reaching into his bag and taking
out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone
sank into his forehead and he fell face down on the ground.”
This is a Stuart Townend song which is all about our father’s love for us which therefore makes this song inspirational.
No matter what you have done or look like you are beautiful as you were made in God’s image. You are God’s child and therefore he loves you which makes you beautiful.
Then we sung traditional songs, well traditional for me as I
have heard these songs since I started going to church as a young child, and
they are some of my favourites. . .
What a beautiful name
And finally,
Absolutely love this song and find it so amazingly inspirational.
For prayer, we got into groups of 3 (for me 2 as it was just
me and mum) and we each had piece of paper with a letter on it, and in groups
we prayed for each other with characteristics of God beginning with the letter
the said person had. So, in groups of 3, 2 people would pray for the other
person with characteristics starting with the letter they had for a minute and
then move on to the next person, and then again so everyone had been prayed
for.
Loving, Leading me on my path, help in Leading, Law, Laughter
in Life, Knowing he is Lord, he is the Living God and that God is the Light.
He will be with you forever and Ever, he is the Emmanuel,
his love is Everlasting, he is Eternal, to be Entertained and to have the
Energy to continue and fight against worries.
Again, sorry for the late post, but I hope you enjoyed it,
thanks for reading,
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