​WORSHIP IS…

IN SPITE OF WHAT MY SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES SHOW ME, JESUS CHRIST STATED THAT HE WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE. HE WILL NEVER LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US THAT WE CAN BOLD SAY THAT HE IS OUR HELPER AND OUR KEEPER. WORSHIP IS WAITING ON THE LORD BY FAITH AND TRUSTING THAT HE WILL ANSWER AND MOVER ON YOUR BEHALF EVEN WHEN YOU MAKE NOT LIKE HOW HE ANSWERS. WORSHIP IS PRAISING EVEN WHEN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES PUT YOU IN POSITION TO CRY INSTEAD OF LIFTING UP THE NAME OF JESUS. PRAISE THE LORD JESUS SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS WORTHY. WORSHIP IS PRAYING IN THE MIDST OF FRUSTRATION AND AGGITATION. PRAY WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE JESUS IS NOT LISTENING. WORSHIP IS DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND NOT COMPROMISING YORU FAITH WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY PROSPER IN THEIR WAY. WORSHIP IS STANDING IN THE GAP TO STRENGTHEN THE FOUNDATION OF SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING TROUBLE STANDING ON THEIR OWN. WORSHIP IS SINGING A SONG OR HYMN AND REJOICING IN THE MIDST OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN YOUR HEART WOULD RATHER SCREAM AND THROW A SPIRITUAL TEMPER TANTRUM. WORSHIP IS SOWING SEEDS OF LOVE IN A PLACE THAT SEEMS BARREN AND DESOLATE WITH THE NATURAL EYE. WORSHIP IS SPEAKING THE WORD OF LIFE TO A SITUATION THAT SEEMS TO BE ON THE BRINK OF DEATH. SPEAKING THOSE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE. WORSHIP IS EATING THE WHOLE LOAF AND RECEIVING IT ALL WHEN SOME PORTIONS ARE LES TASTEFUL THAN OTHERS. WORSHIP IS EVERLASTING. IT IS NOT DEPENDENT UPON CIRCUMSTANCE. WORSHIP IS A VOW AND A COMMITMENT TO THE TRUTH. WORSHIP IS REAL AND IT’S A LIFESTYLE. WORSHIP IS SURRENDER AS THE WEAKER VESSEL TO ALLOW FOR THE GLORY OF GOD TO MAKE HIS PRESENCE KNOWN. WORSHIP IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT FHE IS ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN THAT BY ALL MEANS HE MAY SAVE SOME. WORSHIP IS LOVING ANYWAY, EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW THE NEXT STEP. BY FAITH YOU HOLD THE LORD’S HAND AND SAY, “I’LL GO WHEREVER YOU TAKE ME. JUST TAKE ME WITH YOU!” TRUE WORSHIPPERS IS WHAT HE IS SEEKING.

JOHN 4:22-24
YE WORSHIP YE KNOW NOT WHAT: WE KNOW WHAT WE WORSHIP: FOR SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS.
BUT THE HOUR COMETH, AND NOW IS, WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPPERS SHALL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH: FOR THE FATHER SEEKETH SUCH TO WORSHIP HIM.
GOD IS A SPIRIT: AND THEY THAT WORSHIP HIM MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. 

​God is love. The purified love of God is eternal and everlasting. There is no way to contain contain Him into one small segment. However, it is essential to mention the love of Jesus Christ and the power therein is the basis of our spiritual warfare and battles we are fighting.
What most people tend to do sometimes without necessarily realizing it; they attempt to label or categorize the love of Jesus Christ. The purified love if Christ exists in three persons: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost. He is. It’s that simple. God is! It’s not a religious thing. He’s the truth. He is. Love stands on His own as the originator of all things. There is none greater, therefore, He swears on Himself. He is the ancient of days. He is the all-seeing, all-knowing, God who is everywhere.
When you’re in the midst of warfare, love is there. No matter the circumstance, no matter the situation. He is there. Love cannot be personified. Though He exists in most people, love is a spirit. It is necessary to understand because we cannot put our confidence in man. Man has shortcomings. The purified love of Christ is coupled within the Holy Spirit. The expectations of such a gift cannot be compounded to the standards of man’s wisdom. When you need love to present himself in your life, there is rarely any confusion of who He is when you really want him. Love recognizes himself in others, especially when He’s pure and true.

A TESTIMONY OF LOVE

As a young teenager, the Lord Jesus Christ placed in me a heart of worship. I would attend worship services, and though I was a shy personality, I wanted to worship the Lord with the confidence that the others had around me. My passion for His presence was personal. I longed for Him to manifest His presence upon me. I hungered and thirst for His righteousness. However, the worship I kept secret. I was heavy laden in sin and I didn’t want anyone to see my wretchedness. So, when I prayed I found a secret place where I could pray to the Lord. Most of what I did was done in secret. It wasn’t just because I wanted to hide my faults and shortcomings, but I also walked with the perspective that no one loved me or cared about me one way or the other.
On the outside things seemed to be alright. However, on the inside was bottled up hurt, pain, lonliness, frustrations, and misunderstandings. I misunderstood my purpose in Christ. I misunderstood the role that Jesus Christ was intending to have in my life as King, Father, and Savior.
To experience the overcoming power of God and achieve the victory in battle, you must believe only and surrender completely to the Lord’s will and purpose. Oftentimes, troubles come simply because we love. There is absolutely nothing that can separate of from the love of Jesus Christ other than sin. If we love the Lord, then we wil obey His commands.
All of this love that the Lord Jesus Christ has poured upon our lives and the children of God is to lead and guide us to our expected end. The reward and the victory is in the finish. We must endure to the end.
The more that you seek the face of God and all of His righteousness, the more the enemy will attempt to bring warfare into your life. However, God is the author and the finisher of our faith. He is in control. He will not allow more than we can bear. The more we draw closer and know the Lord Jesus, the more the enemy will attempt to make us think we don’t know the Lord at all. That’s why we walk by faith and not by sight knowing that we are in the Lord’s hands. With the revelation of Jesus Christ there is much resistance from the adversary. However, we must love the Lord Jesus more than we love our own life.
Rev 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word of the testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Through Jesus Christ we have overcome the world. The victory in battle is given through the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony, even unto death. We know these things because we are believers. Therein is the purified love of Christ and the power of God unveiled. That kind of love…that kind of victory is worth fighting for. So, PICK UP YOUR WEAPONS AND FIGHT!