Worship and Seeking God: Deeper!

Seeking God, Worship: DEEPER

Hello Everyone. I wanted to share some things with you all today. These things are regarding worship and seeking God. You see, I don't think we really understand worship: I didn't. I didn't know that I could go beyond what the human mind could ever imagine. Four years ago I didn't even know true worship or worship at existed. Some of us are under the impression that worship is lifting our hands and singing a song to God. No! It's so much more than that.

Worship is completley surrending to God, giving Him your heart, mind, soul, everything. Surrending our plans in His hands. When I say its surrendering everything to Him, I mean, surrendering everything to Him. Our comforts, our wants, our needs.

Seeking God

Worship is seeking God. You see, in Modern Christianity, we don't hear a lot about getting on our faces and laying before the Lord, seeking Him. We don't hear about repentance as much as we really need to. In this hour, we need to be close to Him. Temptation and distractions from the enemy are seriously out here, and if you don't have God, you will fall. As my pastor says "We need to be in tune with His Spirit." We need to be able to hear His voice clearly, and know if we are truly walking in His will or not. We need to know how to kill our flesh so that His Spirit can truly move. So that we can keep each step in perfect sync with His Spirit.

Its honestly time for us ALL to stop being led by our flesh and moving when we want to. It's time for us to stop being lazy, turn on some soft worship music, and lay before God. I promise, I would hear "Its time to get on your face and seek God" and I would overlook it. But one day, one of my spiritual sisters was praying in the micro phone and said "God, we know its time for us to start laying on our face and seeking you like never before." It clicked. I finally understood how crucial it was in this hour to seek His face and to lay on mine.

I also knew that I wanted more of God. I wanted to experience His presence like never before, I wanted to do His will. I knew that there was so MUCH more than just singing a song and lifting my hands not really focusing. I looked at the people around me and saw that they were growing spiritually and getting closer to Him. So, I started getting on my face every single day. It was so difficult to keep my focus on Him and not what had happened earlier that day. I had to play worship music in the background and would sing to Him. I would say His name over and over; Jesus, Jesus. I started crying out to Him. I started hearing songs that expressed how I felt in my situation with Him. Songs that said 'I need more of You.' It was exactly how I felt; I really need more of Him.

I started to learn that reading a couple of scriptures before I slept was NOT going to cut it. Spending fifteen minutes with God during the day and several hours on my phone or laptop wasn't either. I needed more, and I needed to give more of my time to Him. I needed (And I still need to everyday) to surrender my time to Him. I'm not saying its bad to spend time on our phones doing things, but I am saying that it isn't okay to spend more time with electronics than with God. Look at it this way, electronics will one day be no more, while God will last forever. Kill your flesh and put them away. Spend time with Jesus. Its hard, but its not impossible.

The more I would spend time on my face, the closer I would get to God. I started to understand worship and why people loved it. It brings us to a place of intimacy with God. Now, before you say "Intimacy with God? That's disgusting" Read this.

Intimacy is a CLOSE or warm FRIENDSHIP. I'm not talking about the world's idea of intimacy. I'm talking about God's definition of intimacy. It's a close relationship with God. There is so much joy in being close to Him. David knew. He was absolutely in love with God. In love with His presence. Look, in Psalms 16:11 he says:

"You will show me the path of life;

In Your presence is fullness of joy;

At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."

He encourages us to seek God in 1 Chronicles 16:11, which reads:

"Seek the LORD and His strength;

Seek His face evermore!"

He got to a place with God where he thirsted after Him.

"O God, You are my God;

Early will I seek You;

My flesh longs for You

In a dry and thirsty land

Where there is no water." Psalm 63:1

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Something that has also pushed me to seek Him, is reading the book of Acts. I was so excited and empowered as I read the book of Acts. It was so exciting learning about the Holy Spirit and people being led. I loved it. But then a thought popped in my head: "Where is this today?" I know that there are some truly Holy Spirit filled people in the world, and that people have the Spirit.. but what about the people being led by His Spirit. Where's the people truly on fire for God. The church today has become more of a party place than a place of worship. I look at holy men and women back then, and I look at our men and women now. It is very rare to find someone truly living for the Lord, living a holy life before Him.

But, I didn't come to talk about that anyway. That's a subject for another day. But today, I encourage you all to truly seek God. To truly crucify that flesh and surrender to Him.

Mark 8:34 reads, "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." Things are gonna be hard. Things are going to be discouraging at times. I remember seeing this message from this woman about seeking God. It literally popped out of no where, because I remember I was on some random video and just scrolled down the comments. It had something like: "Anytime you make up in your mind that you want more of God, the trials will get deeper....but press ffrwd (forward).. don't break don't fall, don't retreat back to familiar things ffrwd is all you know....I love you with the love of Christ. #Jesusloveu."

I don't think she had any idea that the Lord was using her that day, and it encouraged me to keep going on. Now, my life has changed so much since the day I decided to start seeking God. From that day on, my worship changed. I changed.

If you're like I was, and you're tired of the same ol same ol, and you want more of God. You want to grow closer to Him and to do His will, Seek His face. Lay on your face. Find time to spend with Him. Worship Him. Start to truly meditate on His grace and mercy. Understand that you should be dead because of sin, but He has saved you. It because of Him you can breath, walk, talk, sing, write, read. He is literally you're everything. Take time away from some people and spend it with God. I promise you, your life will change. You love will grow so much stronger for the Lord. I can't even explain everything to you guys because its just so much. No words..

You have to see for yourself. Seek the Lord like you have never before. I pray this ministered to somebody. I pray that some one ANYONE, will truly seek Him, and take this message seriously.

I'll leave you guys with some scriptures to meditate on. PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY! <3

"Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh,, arm yourselves also witht he same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin," 1 Peter 4:1

"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him." John 4:23

"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." John 4:24

"but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." John 4:14

"Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshipper of God and does His will, He hears Him." John 9:31

"Today, if you will hear His voice,

Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." Hebrews 3:15

"Be ye holy, for I am holy." 1 Peter 1:16

"And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely." Revelations 22:17

GOD BLESS! <3