I am so excited to say that even in the midst of the chaos of our lives, we have been inspired to pick up our worship evenings again.
These are by no means the conventional type of worship session where the leader rhythmically strums his guitar and graces us with his sweet voice. No, we are setting a new 20th century trend. We are meeting in a lounge and quietly and prayerfully singing along to a CD while I tap out the beat on the djembe, which mystically does seem to bring the music right into the midst of us. (but of course it is not an essential.)
The size of our little group also varies dramatically, but each month the Lord prompts those to come who need to come – and each time we leave feeling richer and fuller and more blessed than before.
This is real. This is personal. This is God meeting with us, and us meeting with God.
It’s that simple.
The blessings are beyond measure.
And it’s for anyone and everyone. It could be my lounge or your lounge. Or a room or a garage or a shed.
Wherever you go to meet God, God will come to meet you.
Matthew 18:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
20 For where two or three are gathered in My name [meeting together as My followers], I am there among them.”
From the very beginning of time, God has been pursuing us with His love.
I am still busy with my bible readings in the the Old Testament and every time I read, I am completely blown away by Gods Love. And the magnitude of all that he is and all he has done.
No matter how many times humanity turns their backs on God, God always acts in love and pours out his heart of love to those who will receive it.
When we wonder off …God reacts …. by acting in Love
This is God’s Love. Nothing comes close to it on this earth.
God’s love is pure, unconditional, indestructible and eternal. His love is so overwhelming that it can take your breath away. His love is so forgiving that it can make you weep with unadulterated thankfulness.
And this isn’t just a love for other people. A love that other people experience and you only hear about.
This is a love for you!
God knows you and God loves you!
God has a love language just for you. A tone and a message that will speak right into the depths of who you are. A message of love that only you will ‘get’.
God is not like a pop idol who shouts out words of adoration to a crowd of admiring fans.
God loves you individually. He knows everything that there is to know about you and He understands you better than you understand yourself.
His love is custom-made for you alone.
God’s love is love at its best.
It is this love that all of us seek. This all-encompassing love that is only found in God.
Humanity seems to search everywhere else for this perfect love and purposed fulfilment but the created can only find it in their creator. The creator is longing to pour out his infinite love on his created.
Why don’t we all stop trying to find love and affirmation in every other obscure place and rather get down on our knees and genuinely seek Gods heart. And he will come close to you and overwhelm him with His love. Let us not be divided anymore. Let us be ultimately united with Christ.
James 4:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
The Lord gave me this beautiful message while I was planning and preparing for our worship evening.
In His words:
“All who seek my face shall see me and know me. I will pour out my infinite love. A love that is powerful and tangible and irresistible and all-consuming. I will open their eyes and hearts to experience the fullness of who I am. To comprehend the incomprehensible. To glimpse the magnitude of my love. To taste it. To feast on it. To become full on it. Totally satisfied on it. To be assured that this love will go with them everywhere they go, every moment of their lives giving them courage and strength and power to live this life as I have purposed them to live.”
In my words:
The sense I have is that He wants to show each of us a new and different dimension of his love. His desire is to give us each a personalized love letter to expand our faith and enlarge our love.
That is exciting! That is inspiring! That is something I would not want to miss.
And it is something available to each and every one of us if we just open up our hearts and let God in.