The only possible response is In Worship
It started when I was road tripping with some friends and we were talking all things life, faith and future related. I had read in my uni reading that week about vocation and was internally wrestling with my sense of call towards ministry. The conversation was a good one, it was honest vulnerable and real, we talked about spiritual gifts and leadership, we talked about having a heart for God and a head knowledge. I shared about how I was struggling. Struggling to make my faith personal, and deep. Struggling to focus on God and how I was often distracted by ministry and other peoples trials. I shared that my desire was to fall more in love with God. To be passionate and emotional about the faith I have. I shared about how I compared who I was to others around me and how much that detracted from what I felt and knew myself. My road trip friends encouraged me in my faith, challenging me to focus on my personal spiritual disciplines and focusing on Christ over all other things.
On Tuesday, I was doing my readings for college and this quote from George Barna's book 'a Fish out of water' stood out to me, "Unless you have a rich experience of God's presence on a regular basis, and delve into genuine episodes of praising him every day, you are missing out on one of the phenomenal opportunities of your lifetime. That absence of worshipful life will also limit your capacity to influence others for God. To lead people towards fulfilling God's vision, help them to be in his presence day after day. You can only do that if you're already there."
My class on Tuesday night was about how in order to be effective Christian leaders first we need to prioritize God before leadership or ministry. This spoke deeply to me. I am in a stage of transition and discernment. God was important to me, but sometimes i needed to remember to love Jesus then do ministry because of it rather than do ministry and love Jesus because of that.
Then came Easter. It case you weren't sure, that's a massive one of the Christian calendar. It was the first time I had been to church for Easter because normally I was at a youth camp. Good Friday came and Henry the preacher talked about what Good Friday meant to people. It was a pretty standard Easter message however I had a feeling in my heart. I needed to worship. I needed to give it all to God. Henry finished the message by saying we can come to Good Friday and really there is only two responses either; In Faith - for Jesus as the sacrifice, or In Worship - a heart of gratitude and worship for the sacrifice. Now I'm not sure its exactly word accurate for what he preached. But my heart was again stirred.
My only response to God is in worship. In chaos, in confusion, in heartache, in celebration, in victory, in promise, in discernment all I can do is worship.
And worship with all I have.
So that's just what I'll do.
On Tuesday, I was doing my readings for college and this quote from George Barna's book 'a Fish out of water' stood out to me, "Unless you have a rich experience of God's presence on a regular basis, and delve into genuine episodes of praising him every day, you are missing out on one of the phenomenal opportunities of your lifetime. That absence of worshipful life will also limit your capacity to influence others for God. To lead people towards fulfilling God's vision, help them to be in his presence day after day. You can only do that if you're already there."
My class on Tuesday night was about how in order to be effective Christian leaders first we need to prioritize God before leadership or ministry. This spoke deeply to me. I am in a stage of transition and discernment. God was important to me, but sometimes i needed to remember to love Jesus then do ministry because of it rather than do ministry and love Jesus because of that.
Then came Easter. It case you weren't sure, that's a massive one of the Christian calendar. It was the first time I had been to church for Easter because normally I was at a youth camp. Good Friday came and Henry the preacher talked about what Good Friday meant to people. It was a pretty standard Easter message however I had a feeling in my heart. I needed to worship. I needed to give it all to God. Henry finished the message by saying we can come to Good Friday and really there is only two responses either; In Faith - for Jesus as the sacrifice, or In Worship - a heart of gratitude and worship for the sacrifice. Now I'm not sure its exactly word accurate for what he preached. But my heart was again stirred.
My only response to God is in worship. In chaos, in confusion, in heartache, in celebration, in victory, in promise, in discernment all I can do is worship.
And worship with all I have.
So that's just what I'll do.
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