Is this how people are being moved to trust in the Lord through worship?
It wasn’t solely King David’s pain or joy people identified with. It was the presence of Yahweh in David’s expression that caused people to be moved into trust. Why did David respond like this? Simply put, because he had relationship with Yahweh.
Have we replaced this type of expression with a bunch of peripheral elements?
Have we replaced the simple, supernatural presence of God with models, programs, and methods that pull on people’s cultural tendencies of what we think they want?
In my pain and joy, I want the presence of God to pull and play the strings of my heart. I want the presence of God to rise up in the corporate worship assembly of the Church and let the “seekers” on the fringes see, fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Whether in pain or joy, an authentic heart in response to God’s presence is actually causing people on the fringes to trust in the Lord.
May the presence of God rise up in your worship today. May it be powerful to release victory for the oppressed and forgiveness for the shamed. May the motive of all of our hearts be to no longer react to the ways of man and what they might want but to respond to the presence of God. Be encouraged today, for in His presence is all we need.
