Please take the time to read this and understand what I'm saying 'tho it's quite long. Haha.Hey people!
To let your relationship with God get real,
get to know Him more this week! Even if you're having exams, put in the effort to know God more, who He is, what does He do, what does He like, what He doesn't like.. But for this week, let's just focus on who He is :) For example, you realise you get closer to a person when you know more about him/her and her character, right? You feel that there is this special connection. The same it is with God! So, to get your relationship going, let's get to know Him better this week!
WorshipTo have the presence of God in our lives, we first must know how awesome He is, what He can really do. We must first have a good understanding of God Himself before we can enter into His presence.
How can we experience something we do not know? How can we feel something we do not understand? It is only by the knowledge & understanding of how great God is then we can enter into His presence and really, truly enjoy dwelling in His presence.
"To whom will you compare me?Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:Who created all these?He who brings out the starry host one by one,and calls them each by name.Because of his great power and mighty strength,not one of them is missingWhy do you say, O Jacob,
and complain, O Isreal,
"My way is hidden from the Lord;
my cause is disregarded by my God"?
Do you not know?Have you not heard?The Lord is the everlasting God,the Creator of the ends of the earth.He will not grow tired or weary,and his understanding no one can fathom.He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.Even youths grow tired and weary,and young men stumble and fall;but those who hope in the Lordwill renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.Isaiah 40:25-31
Read the last few lines, and if you really read it carefully, you can actually imagine how God can put you on top of His wings and you can soar together with Him. It may sound a bit cheesy, but look what God can do! Really read in depth into this verse and you discover you can really understand God better.
The prophet Isaiah understood who God was, He is someOne who can do the unimaginable and His power can never be understood. He is completely out of this world (literally)! But yet, Isaiah knew who God was. That was who God was to Isaiah.
Who is God to
you?
Worship: Touching the very heart of God
The heart of God: How much do
you want to connect with God? If you can put it in numbers, take out a calculator and x1000000000000.
That's how much God wants to connect with you. He wants to connect with you more than you want to connect with Him. That's His heart.
And connecting with Him will touch is heart.Who God is to me? He's my deliverer. You can see my blog to know why :)
Who might God be to you? Refer to Experiencing God pg. 58-59, 220-221. Some are:
- my advocate, (Job 16:19)
- Comforter in sorrow, (Jer. 8:18)
- Wonderful Counselor, (Isa. 9:6)
- my strong deliverer, (Ps. 140:7)
- our Father, (Isa. 64:8)
- a sure foundation, (Isa. 28:16)
- bread of life, (John 6:35)
- Faithful & True, (Rev. 19:11)
- a consuming fire... (Deut. 4:24)
And the list goes on and on.
For your quiet time, you don't have to listen so hard to hear God, just let God speak. Don't need to squeeze God's words out of Him.
Have faith and take heart, people! Because
the bible has already said His sheep can hear His voice. So, just calm your heart down, have the hunger for Him, and He will definitely speak to you everyday.
And, any brilliant encounters with God while you worship this week. Blog it here! Also, what new thing you discovered about God, blog it here too! We all wanna hear and be encouraged.
Cheers to all!
Mic Kon