Post by Zac Loh on Dec 3, 2008 12:45:44 GMT -5
The Father is seeking for such who will worship in spirit and truth (John 4:23-24). The Spirit of truth, the Holy Spirit, will guide you into all truth. And Jesus is the truth (John 14:6).
The Holy Spirit’s purpose is to declare that which is of Jesus to you, thereby, giving glory to Jesus (John 16:13-15).
What is a vibrant worship? There are many aspects to it but I like to highlight one.
Then David danced before the LORD with all his might: and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet. (2 Sam 6:14-15).
David was a physically and outwardly vibrant worshipper. But it was much deeper than that. Let’s now look into the heart of the matter.
The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart. (1 Sam 13:14)
But the LORD said to Samuel. “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees: for man looks at the outward appearance but the LORD looks at the heart.” (1 Sam 16:7)
How could David do what was in God’s heart unless God’s heart was in him… heart-upon-heart? God looks into the heart! Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things (Matt 12:34-35).
Read the Psalms that was written by David, and you know that he was a heart worshipper.
His heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David (1 Kings 15:3).
David sought after God’s own heart. David did not seek after his own heart. He was seeking after God’s heart… from his heart. Truly, he had a heart-to-heart relationship with God. And out of the abundance of God’s heart; God sworn His blessing upon David.
I have found My servant David: With My holy oil I have anointed him. With whom My hand shall be established: Also My arm shall strengthen him.
Once I have sworn by My holiness: I will not lie to David: His seed shall endure forever. And his throne as the sun before Me: It shall be established forever like the moon. Even like the faithful witness in the sky.
(Ps 89:20-21, 35-37)
A swearing is greater than a promise. It means that no matter what happens, God will bring the blessing to pass, regardless of anything at all. It was not a conditional prophetic blessing. It was a generation-to-generation blessing… lasting to Jesus… and lasting to eternity!!
I saw a vision of a broken jar… oil splashed out… and a voice. The broken jar, and oil splashed-out, represents our worship.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and a contrite heart – These, O God, You will not despise. (Ps 51:17)
When we are broken before the Lord, there will be a true worship. Then, God will speak to us.
What are we aiming for as we worship? Let us enter into the Holy of Holies. It is the spiritual place where God speaks. It’s symbolized by the tabernacle of the wilderness of the Old Testament. Inside the tabernacle was the ark containing the stone tablets of God’s Commandments, and also the rod of Aaron that sprouted, that put forth buds, produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds. (Exodus 40:20; Numbers 17:4,8,10)
Now in the New Testament, the Holy Spirit writes God’s message in our heart.
Clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. (2 Corinthians 3:3)
The Holy Spirit fills our heart. We feel the moving of the Spirit in our heart. We will bear spiritual fruit as a result.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. …If we live in the Spirit, let us walk in the Spirit. (Galatians 5:22,23-25)
Now hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. (Romans 5:5)
David worshipped God, until God put His heart upon David’s heart. The goal of our worship, hence, is to have Jesus’ heart.
What is our heart condition required to have Jesus’ heart?
A Surrendered Heart
We must quit the strive. It’s not how much we try, but it’s the level of our surrender.
A Sensitive Heart
We are better-off by not focusing on what-to-do. But rather, be sensitive to the Spirit Who is leading us, and speaking, in our hearts.
A Soft Heart
David was a mighty warrior in battle, yet his heart was tender towards God. He had a strong, and yet soft, heart.
A Steadfast Heart
David had the heart that will obey whatever the Lord tells him to do.
A Submissive Heart
We need to give space, to allow what the Spirit wants to do in our heart, even to the very maximum.
A Simple Heart
Do not let sophistication cloud our hearts. Complexity is not what we need, nor what God is looking for. Let’s not get away from having a simple devotion to Christ (2 Corinthians 11:3).
A Seeking Heart
Seek the heart of Jesus, and you will find it. Ask, and it shall be given to you. Knock, and the door of His heart will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7-8).
The final destination of a vibrant worship is to have Jesus’ heart in our heart.
We will be moved by Jesus’ heartbeat. We will speak from Jesus’ heart.
We will behave and act… pulled by Jesus’ heartstrings.
Let us be a continuous worshipper. Not just on worship service meeting and prayer meeting.
Let us continually carry, and carry-out, the heart of Jesus.
The Holy Spirit’s purpose is to declare that which is of Jesus to you, thereby, giving glory to Jesus (John 16:13-15).
What is a vibrant worship? There are many aspects to it but I like to highlight one.
Then David danced before the LORD with all his might: and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet. (2 Sam 6:14-15).
David was a physically and outwardly vibrant worshipper. But it was much deeper than that. Let’s now look into the heart of the matter.
The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart. (1 Sam 13:14)
But the LORD said to Samuel. “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees: for man looks at the outward appearance but the LORD looks at the heart.” (1 Sam 16:7)
How could David do what was in God’s heart unless God’s heart was in him… heart-upon-heart? God looks into the heart! Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things (Matt 12:34-35).
Read the Psalms that was written by David, and you know that he was a heart worshipper.
His heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David (1 Kings 15:3).
David sought after God’s own heart. David did not seek after his own heart. He was seeking after God’s heart… from his heart. Truly, he had a heart-to-heart relationship with God. And out of the abundance of God’s heart; God sworn His blessing upon David.
I have found My servant David: With My holy oil I have anointed him. With whom My hand shall be established: Also My arm shall strengthen him.
Once I have sworn by My holiness: I will not lie to David: His seed shall endure forever. And his throne as the sun before Me: It shall be established forever like the moon. Even like the faithful witness in the sky.
(Ps 89:20-21, 35-37)
A swearing is greater than a promise. It means that no matter what happens, God will bring the blessing to pass, regardless of anything at all. It was not a conditional prophetic blessing. It was a generation-to-generation blessing… lasting to Jesus… and lasting to eternity!!
I saw a vision of a broken jar… oil splashed out… and a voice. The broken jar, and oil splashed-out, represents our worship.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and a contrite heart – These, O God, You will not despise. (Ps 51:17)
When we are broken before the Lord, there will be a true worship. Then, God will speak to us.
What are we aiming for as we worship? Let us enter into the Holy of Holies. It is the spiritual place where God speaks. It’s symbolized by the tabernacle of the wilderness of the Old Testament. Inside the tabernacle was the ark containing the stone tablets of God’s Commandments, and also the rod of Aaron that sprouted, that put forth buds, produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds. (Exodus 40:20; Numbers 17:4,8,10)
Now in the New Testament, the Holy Spirit writes God’s message in our heart.
Clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. (2 Corinthians 3:3)
The Holy Spirit fills our heart. We feel the moving of the Spirit in our heart. We will bear spiritual fruit as a result.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. …If we live in the Spirit, let us walk in the Spirit. (Galatians 5:22,23-25)
Now hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. (Romans 5:5)
David worshipped God, until God put His heart upon David’s heart. The goal of our worship, hence, is to have Jesus’ heart.
What is our heart condition required to have Jesus’ heart?
A Surrendered Heart
We must quit the strive. It’s not how much we try, but it’s the level of our surrender.
A Sensitive Heart
We are better-off by not focusing on what-to-do. But rather, be sensitive to the Spirit Who is leading us, and speaking, in our hearts.
A Soft Heart
David was a mighty warrior in battle, yet his heart was tender towards God. He had a strong, and yet soft, heart.
A Steadfast Heart
David had the heart that will obey whatever the Lord tells him to do.
A Submissive Heart
We need to give space, to allow what the Spirit wants to do in our heart, even to the very maximum.
A Simple Heart
Do not let sophistication cloud our hearts. Complexity is not what we need, nor what God is looking for. Let’s not get away from having a simple devotion to Christ (2 Corinthians 11:3).
A Seeking Heart
Seek the heart of Jesus, and you will find it. Ask, and it shall be given to you. Knock, and the door of His heart will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7-8).
The final destination of a vibrant worship is to have Jesus’ heart in our heart.
We will be moved by Jesus’ heartbeat. We will speak from Jesus’ heart.
We will behave and act… pulled by Jesus’ heartstrings.
Let us be a continuous worshipper. Not just on worship service meeting and prayer meeting.
Let us continually carry, and carry-out, the heart of Jesus.