We were made for love. Just as a child is born as a product
of the love between a man and a woman, so are believers products of the love of
the Lord, love Himself, by the work of the Holy Spirit. He made us so that He
could love us and we could love Him. And continuing from something the Lord
revealed to me a few weeks ago, worship is an intimate way of connecting with
the heart of the Lord. Something supernatural happens when we worship in that
our spirits are refreshed as we minister to the heart of the Lord; it is a
divine exchange of love that brings life. Ministering to the heart of the Lord
could seem like a strange concept, but in the sense of being a lover, though He
does not need us, He loves us, and it thrills His heart when we commune with
Him just as it does the heart of a lover when his beloved spends time with him.
In the days of the Old Testament, priests were set aside to “minister to the
Lord.� In 1 Samuel 3:1 it says, “Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord
before Eli.� Ministering to the Lord is in essence worshiping Him, or on a
more personal level, loving Him. Psalm 63:3-5 declares, “Because Your
lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless
You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. My soul shall be
satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise You with joyful
lips.� On mornings when I wake up “spiritually parched,� spending time in
the presence of the Lord, just enjoying His presence and being in a worshipful
spirit of praise and thanksgiving, often refreshes and rejuvenates my spirit
and puts a smile on my face…and God revealed to me this morning that it puts
a smile on His face, too. It’s an awesome, beautiful thing to be in a love
relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. 🙂
