Jesus Himself said that true worship must be in Spirit and in Truth... and yet the only way this is possible is through GRACE. Exercised in grace, and received by His grace... as none of us could claim to be so perfect in heart that we don't rely on His glorious grace to stand before His throne. Only by the cross... only by the blood of our Saviour can we freely enter this glorious place of worship...
The Father Seeks for us to worship Him.... and the Father will continually teach us to worship Him. This is said beautifully in a book I've been reading called 'The Way and Wonder of Worship', by Geoffrey Bingham who says, 'Something of our fallen humanity - our human flesh - mingles even with the worship which the Spirit inspires. Yet this does not mean that such worship is unacceptable to God. Worship is commanded, and - as we have said - is offered through grace, and so is accepted by grace. Therefore, we can be at peace concerning the worship we offer to God.'
There is a very real battle going on however for our worship... Who you are going to give the highest of worth and honour to... (worthship)
AND... Who you are going to serve...
Because we are built to worship..... EVERY one ends up worshipping something... even as Christians, once we have finally found the focus of our lives and our hearts, it is amazing how the battle becomes even more intense for the TRUTH of your worship.
Remember Satan, in Matthew 4.
tries to entice, lure, seduce Jesus by his cunning words, his empty promises..... 'kneel down and worship me....
Satan has always been after our worship... in .Isaiah 14, he says, I will ascend higher than God and all His stars.... Aah... the age old story of pride.
Satan is always trying to exalt firstly himself, and then any other idol he possibly can in your life above that of our Lord and King.
HERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT I HAVE FOUND WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF
1. YOUR TIME - Busy can become an idol.... for meditation and seeking after God requires time, and if you don't have it, you won't find yourself FINDING the secret place of God...
Psalm 119:10 says, 'I seek You with all my heart'. Matt 6: SEEK ye first the kingdom of God.
You should always make time for the things in your life that are of true value to you....
2.YOUR PRAYERS - Deut 4 says, 'the Lord is near you when you pray'... what a beautiful scripture...
