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Rev 4:1 -
"After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing
open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like
a trumpet said, ‘Come up here, and I will show you what must take
place after this.’'"
My goal in worship is to get behind
the veil. My passion is His presence. His presence is manna that
must be sought after and received every single day, or it becomes
stale. There is one thing that God cannot deny - hunger for
Him.
How
hungry are you? Are you willing to passionately press through into
His presence? Beloved, He must first deal with your heart. One key
to unlock worship is to first ask the Lord if there is anything
hindering us in our heart. As I work through stripping off all sin
and self before the Lord, it is as though I trade in my rags for His
robes of righteousness. Then, He can begin to give you His heart,
His purposes, and His love for you and His people.
Downloads from Heaven
During worship there is so
much activity happening in the supernatural. It is when the creative
presence of the Lord God touches His people. Some people see
pictures, hear Scriptures, get a word of knowledge, or hear His
voice. All of this is valid, real and scriptural. But, what does
worship really do?
Worship
moves the very heart of God and changes the very heart of man. It
takes only a few seconds of a face-to-face encounter with the
manifest presence of God to change the course of human history for
you, your city, or your nation.
Encountering Shekinah Glory
In the Old Testament, His presence was often
referred to as the Shekinah glory - the fire of divine visitation.
God would literally come to visit His people. In II Chronicles 5:14,
the glory of God filled Solomon’s Temple and the priests could not
stand to minister. The thick weight of the presence of God would
settle in so heavily that people would have to lay flat on the
floor, prostrate before Him. Never underestimate the power of
worship.
“What can
make the angels cry? Cause their wings to hide their eyes?”* His
beauty can! Worship is encountering Him. It is an invitation to the
place where angels cannot go, beyond the very boundary lines in
heaven where God will whisper to you the secrets of His burning
heart. You will hear the love songs of God’s heart and return them
back as songs to Him.
Prayer:
Lord, awaken my heart to worship You. I want to be one who
desires You alone, rather than just what You can give me or how You
can use me. I want to be able to see what the angels see, go into
Your throne room, encounter Your beauty and be ravished by Your
love. When songs have become familiar and routine, burn a fresh fire
in my heart so that worship will transport me into Your very
heart!
*Note:
Lyric excerpt from JoAnn McFatter’s “Raging Beauty”
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