I want to share from Joseph Prince's "Grace Inspirations" today!
WORSHIP GOD AS YOU ARE
Ephesians 5:2 that He might present her to Himself a
glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she
should be holy and without blemish.
Have you been to a worship service where you stood with your
hands raised, ready to worship God, only to hear the worship leader say,
“Before we worship God, let’s all search our hearts”? Then, as you search your
heart, before long, you dig up something that you don’t like. The next thing
you know, your hands are no longer raised and soon, you find yourself sitting
down—you don’t feel good worshiping God any more.
My friend, I have good news for you. Come and worship Him as
you are. Come into God’s presence Jesus-conscious, forgiveness-conscious and
grace-conscious! Come into God’s presence bringing only Jesus the spotless Lamb
of God as your offering.
Your worshiping God is like the times God’s people in the
Old Testament brought their offerings to the priest. The priest examined the
animal sacrifice to ensure that it was without blemish. The priest did not
examine the sinner. If the animal was without blemish, God accepted the animal
sacrifice as well as the offerer who brought the animal.
So when you come into God’s presence, don’t do any
self-examination and be discouraged when you find faults in your life. God does
not examine you. He sees you through the full value, and all the loveliness and
acceptance of His Son (see Ephesians 1:6). He sees you holy and without
blemish!
Remember the woman who was referred to as a sinner, possibly
a prostitute? She went to the house of the Pharisee who was hosting Jesus and
wiped Jesus’ feet with her hair (see Luke 7:36–50). That was her act of
worship.
She came to Him as she was. Yes, she knew that she had
sinned, but she worshiped Jesus first because of who He is. She was
Jesus-conscious. Then, she heard Jesus say, “Your sins are forgiven” (Luke
7:48). She received the forgiveness she needed from Him.
Whatever you need from the Savior, come to Him as you are.
Worship Him for who He is and then you will hear Him say, “Go your way. Your
restoration has come. Your provision is here. You are healed. You have been
made whole!”
AMEN! Only the enemy would bring up sin in the middle of a Worship Service! Rather than fix your mind on those things, fix it istead on who God has made YOU to be - IN HIM! THAT will put the enemy on the run! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with a great reminder for the enemy!! "Not Today":
Shalom in Him!
