Time with God

Sundays have been so awesome since we started this praise and worship study. We are actively, as a worship team, open to Him, willing and receptive to how He would see us be used in worship. I don't know; maybe it's just me, but I am certainly sensing God taking us someplace during worship times. I praise Him so much for allowing us to see who He is...I welcome His presence, and my focus has certainly been moved to see Him enthroned in our praises.

I know with the busy-ness of life, we can forget to spend time with God. I always spend time everyday in prayer and I consider my lifestyle an act of worship to God but oftentimes my bible study time can be dry and unproductive. I can find myself sometimes drifting and losing my focus and forget to dig deeper in the reading. The team study, though, keeps me accountable. I want to make sure I am focused as I am reading and learn how God wants to be worshiped because others can tell when someone's not pulling their weight. Group accountability can be a very good thing.

I think God wants those up front to worship in real ways. 2 Timothy says that He gives us a spirit of power, the same as all believers, to worship Him with our whole hearts. The ways in which we worship (standing, singing, lifting hands, shouting, clapping, etc.) are acts of submission. Paul says in Corinthians 4 that he was a fool for Christ...what does that look like today?

If we spend time with God everyday, we can become very comfortable in heartfelt worship. As long as we recognize Him as Lord over our lives, raising hands and exuberance in worship can become a very natural thing. It's important to God.