It has been on my heart to write a post about worship for about a month now, so here it goes.
I will never forget the first time I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit at church. I was in the middle of worship and my hands were practically down by my side, in an open position, I felt a little vibration and tingling at the same time. Then because I figured that no one would see me, I raised my arms completely straight up and I felt His presence down my arms. All I could say to myself, “I just want more of You God!”
This experience affected me in so many areas of my life. I remember, when I was really little, my dad read to me the story about the boy Samuel, who heard God speak to him. I began to realize that it is the heart the person that God cares about, rather than the person’s age. See I was only in the fourth grade at the time, and I had always loved worshipping God, though this was different. I was touched by His presence, and it began to light a hunger in me to want to know God more.
I believe God loves our worship, and He enjoys our communion with Him. We don’t have to strive to enter into His presence. When there seems to be a hindrance to enter His presence, ask God why am I having a hard time with this. If it is about forgiveness, then please forgive the person or people because not forgiving opens the doors to the enemy to camp out in that area of your life and can affect the other areas of your life. If it is something else, then ask God to help you and show you the steps to take to have relief from that obstacle. He desires to be a close best friend and cares about every detail of our lives, not to be someone that is distant. God truly loves us and really wants to spend time with us as we freely give Him space to do so.
For me, worship no longer was just singing a couple of songs, it became a time of encountering His presences.
Father God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit, desire you to know them more closely everyday.
