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Worship is giving God the glory, honor, and praise. It's about telling God how much you love him and how thankful you are for his mercy and love. He is the one and only God! He is worthy to be praised!
Worship isn't just singing. you can dance, pray, write and do art. When I sing to God, I feel at peace. He will come and meet with me sometimes. When I dance for God, I get what I call the "Holy Ghost chills" from head to toe. I feel an overwhelming amount of freedom go through my body which tells me He is in the room watching me worship him. I write every once in a while about what I thought of the church service. I feel like God is hearing my cry. Writing is, in my opinion, like praying. It's a silent way to pray. I feel as if God is my psychologist. I have also seen people worship through art. An artist at my old church painted the steps that led Jesus to the cross. He started with the whipping, then the clothing, the crown of thorns, the royal sash, and then the cross. The final product was the face of Jesus crying and bleeding on the cross. The artist started to cry and speak in tongues. He was filled with the Holy Spirit. I haven't had an encounter with God in a while, therefore my longing to worship has lessened. I used to be eager to worship God. I don't know what happened. I remember when I would stop everything I was doing to worship him. Now I am doing everything to avoid it. Nowadays when I go to worship all I feel is conviction, which leads to the question, "What would need to change for me to be excited about Jesus?" My whole life needs to change. I've made my day too busy. I've prioritized objects before Jesus. I've sinned before God and not cared. I don't read the Bible. I use profanity and curse His name. I'm so far from God. I need to change. My actions need to change and my heart needs to change. I'm scared because I'm drifting so far from Him. I don't remember what it's like to be held by Him. The definition of worship is: "Reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage or to any object regarded as sacred." Obviously the only sacred person that's worthy of praise is Jesus Christ. (1 Chronicles 16:25 tells us God is great and he's worthy to be praised and is to be feared among all gods.) So praise Him! He has done great things for you. He has given his life for you so you can live eternal life. He loves you and gives you strength. He gives you mercy when you don't deserve it! God is a gentleman. He doesn't yell at you or demand you worship Him. He gives you a choice. If He wanted to force you to worship Him, He would. But He doesn't. He loves us so much and is so sad when we choose not to worship Him. If you are at a point where you are done trying to worship, tell yourself the truth. Remember the encounters and talks you've had with God... the way He made you feel. Peace, joy, happiness! God is definitely NOT bored with you and would love to have a relationship with you, so let Him and see what God has in store for you!
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