It is our privilege to come to you thru the word of God. We shall give to you from what we have received from the Lord. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified. No other gift compares with Him. We pray that your life will change as we’ll walk together following the Lamb. We promise to give God all the glory for He alone is worthy. Amen.
In these last days the Bible says that there will be ‘perilous times’ (2Tim 3:1). The word in Greek means something that is extremely difficult, terrible and dangerous. It means you will encounter situations and people that will let you down and try to make you fall; strike at you and betray you when you least expect it. The intent is to weaken your will and your commitment to Christ so that you will backslide. This is the truth because it is God’s opinion as recorded in His word. There are only two ways to react to it. You either take the warning seriously and prepare your heart for the battle, or you ignore it at your own loss. The flesh is a coward, hates to be warned and to prepare to please the Lord. But for them that walk in the Spirit, the warning of God is a sign of His Fatherly love and they come to appreciate it.
The strategy of God in these last days is to manifest His love that never fails. If you are a believer, then you are God’s child and you should be ready to represent Him to all people, everywhere. Another word for love is worship. We are told that God is seeking worshippers who will worship Him in Spirit and in truth (Jn 4:23, 24). Worship means extreme, total and sacrificial love. Because true love never fails (1Cor 13:8), true worship also never fails. The more you love and worship God, the fewer mistakes you make. God wants His children to live a life of worship, which means a life of freedom and total victory. (Lk 1:74).
In the natural, it takes about a year for a baby to walk unaided. It takes even longer for a child to come to maturity and to learn how to love His parents and others. In the same way, in the Spirit realm, it takes a long time for a believer to mature and to learn to love God and others. It is a long and difficult journey and few are ready to pay the price. Salvation is the gate that opens and you go into another ‘country’. It is called ‘the Kingdom of God’. Salvation is free because Jesus paid it all; surely not cheap, but free. After passing thru that gate, there starts the road toward maturity, which the Bible calls ‘sanctification’. Not all people are willing to pay the price for spiritual growth in the same way. That is why you see some people are faster than others; they are willing to be trained by the Holy Spirit. They take the word of God seriously, they learn the art of prayer, they value the fellowship of the brethren and so they make great progress. Other are satisfied to be barely saved and they trail behind becoming a source of discouragement to many.
Because we are all born into sin and have bad habits that grieve the Holy Spirit, we all need radical training. God Himself is willing to be your teacher. We are talking in particular about the Person of God the Holy Spirit. He prepares you to meet the King. It is true that the way to the throne has been opened forever by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. But you still need much preparation of the heart to draw near God without your conscience condemning you.
To be a worshiper is not just to be a singer. It is not enough to just go to church or doing ‘spiritual’ things. A worshipper is a true, spiritual lover of God. He is practicing the art of taking the cross daily and following Jesus. ‘For whoever loses his life for Me will save it…’ (Lk 9:23, 24). If you pay the price to be a true worshipper, you will ‘save’ your life, you will live long. It is the promise of God. (Ps 91:14-16).
Like any good work, it is hard at the beginning to sustain a life style of worship. The flesh wars against the spirit and will prove resistant to any change in you (Gal 5:17). But God has the last say in any matter. If you are willing and truly desire to live your life to God’s glory, you will become stronger in the pursuit of God. The more you worship God, the stronger you become, the more you will ‘enjoy’ your Christian life. God will never tell you to do anything that He will not encourage and empower you to the end.
The Son of God, Jesus Christ our Lord, is the greatest Worshipper ever. Thru this process of sanctification, you will become more and more like Him. Remember this: Nothing and nobody has the power to change the heart of man except God who created it. In other words, none can make you a true worshipper except the God who saved you. As your flesh dies and your spirit rises within you, you will start to reflect the beauty and the glory of God in this dark and dangerous world. The love of many will become cold in these last days (Mt 24:12). Fake worshippers will surely become tired and go back to their life of sin. But God will raise His army of worshippers as a standard against all the wickedness in high places. That is why your life of worship will be a testimony for His love to you, His power and His glory. This is your destiny child of God!
May it be so to you in the name of Jesus! Amen!