Intimacy is a close, familiar, and affectionate or loving personal relationship with another. That's exactly what God desires of us. True Intimacy. Coming to a point where there is nothing that's going to keep us from becoming ONE with HIM, THE GREAT I AM.
Last Saturday at our youth and young adults service God really poured out His spirit into the place. The weight of His glory was so heavy, people were getting delivered from bondages and strongholds the enemy had on them, people were worshiping God with all their heart, soul, mind and strength. It’s a beautiful thing to see God’s people worship and not have any cares, worries or anxieties holding them back.
In the beginning of our service we did a drama/dance to the song “Cost of Intimacy” by Jason Upton. People began to dance and really going to war and it was awesome to see people so on fire for God. After, everyone began to run to the alter and dance before the Lord, worshiping Him with every bit of their being.
Now my question to you is when you worship God, are you giving Him everything you have, or giving Him only a part of you?
God will only give you what you give Him. You will never experience God’s glory in its fullness until you come to a place of complete surrenderance to God. Letting Him consume every part of your heart.
In 2 Samuel 6:16 it says that Saul's daughter Michal saw David "leaping and whirling" before the Lord. It also says that she "despised him in her heart" and when king David explained his worship in verse 21 he says, "it was before the Lord." So when we worship and praise, we have to do it to the Lord. It's almost like there's no one in the room and your just dancing and worshiping God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. I know me personally, God has forgiven me for MUCH. In Luke 4:47 it says the woman was forgiven for many sins, so she loved Him much. So when I worship God, I remember where I used to be, so I don't hold anything back from God and enjoy the freedom and liberty that I have in Jesus Christ. And don't think you need to have some horrible testimony and had to have gone through tremendous battles growing up to have that kind of relationship with God, it's just having your own experience with Him and His love. I give him my all, coming to a point in my worship where I'm not going to let anything keep me from meeting Him. When I dance, and worship God, to others I may look “crazy” but in all reality I am. I’m crazy in love with Jesus Christ, who died for me on the cross, who bore my transgressions, who having died to sin can now live for righteousness. THANK YOU JESUS.
Now when you worship before the Lord, let go of all your insecurities and your self-consciousness. Let your worship be unto the Lord God Almighty and Him alone.
I am a man who is after God's heart. I have been enlisted as a soldier in God's army. I have put my hands to the plow and wont look back. I will waste my life for Him who died for me. I am saved by grace through faith. I die daily, and it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me.
