"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and turht, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks."
God is seeking worshipers! Think about what this means. God is not seeking the wise, the powerful, the debater, the strong, the mighty, the talented; God is seeking the true worshiper! 1 Corinthians 1:19-29 God is not seeking those who have something to offer, God is seeking someone who knows that the only thing they can offer is a heart that is open to following God, a heart that wants God more than anything else, and a heart that seeks God’s heart relentlessly and passionately in a personal way! Those who will give up on figuring out this life, those who will give up on controlling their own destiny, those who will resign themselves to, and passionately pursue, the incredible adventure that is our relationship with God!
God craves worshipers in the way we crave worship! When we truly worship God, we realize that He is the broken, torn-off piece of our heart that we try to constantly mend and even replace. The band-aids that just won’t stick, the mud and rocks that just keep getting swept away by the relentlessly flowing stream—they just can’t stem the tide, the perfume that just doesn’t quite mask the stench, the things that never satisfy our longings, the addictions that we just can’t shake, the relationships that don’t ever quite complete us or make us feel like somebody, the world’s answers that fall so short of making us feel alive, the short-term answers to a long term failing in man-kind’s heart, these all are shown to be plastic, fake, and useless when we are swept away by His crazy love!
Realize that what you are longing for with every ounce of your being is someone, not something, the very One that has moved heaven and earth to restore a relationship with you. He is craving you like you are craving him, and when you come face to face with this fact it will change your life! Imagine no longer searching, no longer weeping, no longer feeling empty! Come and be understood completely and intimately. Come find the love that will never leave you with scars or wounds! Come worship and be swept up in the eternal embrace of your Creator, your Rescuer, your Knight-in-Shining-Armor, your Passionate-Pursuer! Come drink of the living water and you will never thirst again!
That. Was. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteI don't know of any writing that expresses the true meaning of our relationship with God, other than John 3:16, etc. Can this somehow be printed out to hand to people who are hurting, lost, empty? I'd really like to know!