first day back... and it feels great to be back... singing worship is a very grand passion of mine... especially when i know that people are worshipping the Lord... and loving some great vocal harmonics to boot... it comes with weird side effects... i was utterly drained after church today... i got home ate... and knocked right out, even through 3 phone calls from my pastor... oops...
the sermon John gave today was amazing... a challenge to the body to truly be in a place of openness to the Father, allowing Him to reveal their sins... but what broke my heart is the fact that only a handful of people responded... i'm amazed at the way John can preach to ages of all times... i saw young adults probably in their 20's to an elder gentleman come to the Father's embrace... i guess when the Lord appoints and readies you, no one can resist the scent of Jesus that is diffused from a believer, fully given to the Spirit!
it's an ever freeing feeling, to have forgiveness and restoration... i know personally what the Lord's restoration can do for an individual... that guilt, that shame, that burden, the defeat: released. but why don't people take advantage of it? that's why the church is here... to come alongside the poor and needy (physically and spiritually) and provide grace and love... something my church excels in...
i love learning new things and revisiting lessons learn long ago... today i revisited the Fear of the Lord... man, i almost came to tears thinking of who i was, and thinking about what the Father has to put up with... but yet He still finds ways to allow me into His presence... the awe of God the Father... my friend, yes... my comforter, true... my everything, sure... but my Lord and my God... the creator, the administrator, the controller all truth... and when seen in that light... of the God who can't dwell with sin... of the Father who reproves a child when wrong... God cannot fellowship with iniquity... and if our lives exude iniquity, sin, then He can't have His way in our lives either... and if you are walking with the Lord and you do have a relationship of intimacy with the Father, then you need to be understanding of placing yourself upon the brazen alter, and not getting off until your sins are purged...
sure, you can get away with not sharing your whole heart with the Father, good things will happen, ministry can take place from you, but when it's all said and done, you end up dry... wanting... needing... but never being satiated... because the Lord can't fill with His Spirit the vessel that still has dirt and remnants of earthen filth... the oil of the Spirit cannot be refreshing if you're still dirty and disgusting from the life of living in the world... God loves us... He will still use us, despite our stubbornness, in light of our un-yielded spirit, but think of how much more powerful your ministry can become if only you'd allow God to have everything...
then you can echo what David says...
"Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress."
because David understood, if the Father is indeed the One whom equips, prepares and anoints... then it will be the Father whom will be the driving force, the power, our virtue... and in Him we shall be found blameless... be open to the Spirit, church... let us truly glean from examples past... but let us also remain in a place of ever being taught... cause the Lord is in the business of reminding and constant refining...
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