Well, as many of you know I am now on month 9 of the
WR. I have learned soooo many
incredible things about God, His character, and how different people respond to
the leading of the Holy Spirit. I’ve
learned that people legitimately speak in tongues, there really are those who
have the gift of interpretation as it is explained in the Bible, and casting
out demons is not something that only happens in scary movies.
When the Spirit moves inside of us, there is a reaction that
happens naturally. The “groaning”
that Paul talks about in Romans 8 is our deep, natural desire to worship God
that is suppressed so much of the time.
Some of you have experienced this reaction. Others of you may be getting a little crazy if you raise a
hand during the songs at church.
Either way, we have to start somewhere!
A few weeks ago, I was thinking about how differently God
shows Himself in each of my teammates specifically. One sees visions and is an intercessor for people and even
whole nations in her sleep.
Another gets so pumped up when she hears a tribal drum and when she
thinks about the tribe of Israel.
She roars (literally) and genuinely desires to fight and inspire those
around her to want to worship God.
Even another one LOVES to dance when He is worshipping His creator! I LOVE my team and the way that the
Spirit moves them.
For myself, I realized that anytime God really impresses
something on my heart, I HAVE to write it down! When I write, things become more real in my mind and more
concrete in my Spirit. Even in
times when I was really struggling with some fundamental truths of the Bible as
well as believing people when they said they were “healed” of an issue or
internal battle, I wrote. I NEEDED
to work those things out on paper, in my heart before I could do other things
in worship to the Lord.
I can think of a few times in a worship session or even
laying on my bed when God hit me with something and I began to write in my
journal. However, when I had
finished writing it, I knew that it had been completely inspired by God. It didn’t even seem like my hands
hitting the keys or holding the pen, but that I was merely the vessel. I LOVE those moments.
So, I am putting out a challenge to all of you to find out
how God moves you. Maybe it is
sitting still and singing. Maybe
in order to worship God, you need to ballet dance around the room, get on your
face before the Lord, or play guitar.
Maybe it is something completely different from any of those…like
spinning in circles or standing on your head! The great thing is that it doesn’t
have to be the same every time and God is excited to see us worship Him
sincerely no matter what crazy thing we’re doing!
