"I have a smile on my face and tears running down my face from the strong presence of God in the studio today...God is moving!!!"---Kari Jobe
Now your probably thinking that,"Sure, God's presence is easily felt by Hillsong worship leader Kari Jobe because that's what she does everyday,lead thousands of Christians around the world into worship." But, you don't necessarily need to be a worship leader or singer in a worship band to experience God's presence in worship.
Any one of us can,the question is,"Do we want to seek Him?"
Last week I found myself in a conversation with a co-worker friend that quickly turned into something more thought provoking. What started out as a conversation about investigative journalism turned into a testimony by my friend about a life changing moment;searching for the father he never knew.
Within his college years he decided to search for his real father. He exhausted his search for over a year and a half. This was before the internet so he had to take a real journalistic, detective approach. After a long extensive search he found him living in California. He would then travel to the West Coast and meet his real father over lunch. Though they did not carry on a relationship after that lunch date, my friend came away with peace.
Have you ever searched long and hard for something? And I am not talking about just any inanimate object here, but something that brought meaning to your life?
One of the most powerful and easily recognizable worship songs out there today, and being sung in most churches, is The Revelation Song. I recently caught an interview(thanks You Tube)with Jennie Lee Riddle who penned the song. She described and pointed out that the ten years prior to The Revelation Song coming out in 2009, most of the worship songs were mostly prayer oriented. And many of those songs were filled with a lot of I and me in them; acknowledging us more than our Creator.
Jennie had prayed for a few years that God would give her the lyrics to a song that would bring us back into truly worshiping Him for who He is. A song that would magnify the One who is worthy of our praise by lifting up His Name,and give us the desire to seek Him more in our life and have that urge to see His face.
Hence some of the lyrics:
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Holy,Holy is He.
Sing a new song
To Him who sits on heaven's mercy seat
Holy,Holy,Holy,is the Lord Almighty
who was and is, and is to come.
Seeking God through worship is what God longs from us. And when we do this our worship becomes a divine exchange between Him and us. An exchange where: we worship and seek after Him knowing full-well He is worthy of that praise for sending His Son to die on the cross for our sins so that we may have eternal life. And in exchange God fills us with His presence, His love,His peace, and tells us He loves us and cares for us, and is willing to go to bat for us within our struggles.
If you are a Believer yet find yourself: struggling and having no peace,feeling stuck in the mud, always thinking about yesterday and past mistakes,you will never have a better tomorrow. When you learn to put aside your selfish desires and find time to build a relationship with the One who created you,the importance of your desires will change and you will find yourself content and at peace.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Mathew 6:33)
Such a simple verse. Such a simple task to do, yet we sometimes find ourselves negligent in wanting to seek after God and His presence or reserve it just for Sunday. But what if God were to reserve His grace,love and mercy to you only on Sunday? Would you be comfortable with just that?
The Revelation Song is a great reminder of why we worship the King. Give it a listen to, you'll be glad you did.
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