Wow… that’s all I can say about the sermon this weekend.
I love the way Jack taught about Worship not being “Worship” until I am the sacrifice!
It’s so true that we all worship something. Sometimes we think it’s God that we are worshiping but who really sits on the throne of your heart? This was a question that lingered in my mind after service yesterday.
These past few months my mind has felt like a battle ground. I came across an area in my life that I had a hard time letting go of. This was a part of my life that I knew deep in my heart the Lord wanted me to place on the altar. Like Abraham I could not understand why God would ask me to give up something that meant so much to me. I also tried to reason with God and figure it out. But the more I tried the more I became confused!
So I went around the mountain over and over again until I finally threw my hands up and surrendered this thing to God. I realized it was an area of my life that God wanted me to release so He could give me more. He wanted to fill this void in my heart that I was allowing this IDOL to fill. Yes I say IDOL because that’s what it became. It was something that took my thoughts, feelings, and emotions away from the things of God!
I love the way Jack said that “Worship allows us to see ourselves clearly”. God wants all of our heart, He knows the desires of our heart and He promise that if we seek first His kingdom that He will give us the desires of our heart but this will be according to His perfect Will not ours!
We need stop trying to earn Gods grace and stop trying to live our lives the way we think we are suppose to live. We were created to worship Him and as long as we do just that He will do the rest! It’s when we Worship and draw near to God that we discover His plan and His purpose for our lives.
I want to leave you with these awesome words that Jack spoke into my heart on Sunday… “Stop focusing on rebuking the DARKNESS submit to God and the darkness will flee.” When we submit our full hearts to God holding nothing back our hearts and minds become more and more like the God we Worship!
Romans 12:1
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.
Love
Eva
Yes, it was an excellent message! I love how God confirms things. So many comments Jack made and scriptures he mentioned were right out of my small group’s Lesson One we just did Thursday night which was laying the foundation of how true worship comes from being obedient. One of my favorite verses about this topic is 1 Chron. 21:24 where David says he will not sacrifice something that cost him nothing. What a huge truth about examining our hearts and being honest with ourselves.