The worship rain
We were all worshipping on a Friday night. We were singing that 'song'- 'only you can satisfy my soul,' and people started singing all their own words and harmonies, but we were still all singing in unity. Then Stephen Brown started putting up all these different words on the projector, and people were singing them and it was glorious. People were smiling and laughing with the joy of the Spirit. Then when the worship finished I looked down to the lobby doors. They were soaked with rain- but they're indoor doors! It was the rain of the spirit. Awesome
There have been times when God has manifested himself visibly in times of worship. It's happened a few times that I have looked out over the people during worship and seen the cloud of God's presence. There was also this one time where we were having a prayer meeting and the whole room smelled like roses (which for our church building is fairly miraculous). I recall a time when Josh and I were praying together on a sofa in the Escape during a meeting and we both felt a rushing wind on our faces.
All these were joyous occasions, and were cool in and of themselves. But they were more cool because they showed that the Lord was really there. It proved his word that he inhabits the praises of his people.
The rain speaks of new life, refreshment and joy. So often recently I've looked out and seen the people weeping and crying out to God, which is great- don't get me wrong, I know God's moving and people are being broken of their old nature to receive the wonderful promises of God. But there's something going on here. The bible says that 'In the presence of the Lord there is fulness of joy.' I know that joy doesn't always mean that we are happy clappy and smiling, but the joy of the Lord shines from peoples faces, even when they are covered in tears.
The Lord has been speaking to me about burdens. Jesus said that his burden was light and his yoke was easy. But so often we see Christians weighed down by the 'Lord's burden'. Something doesn't add up. The Lord said this to me:
A worldly burden will drive you into the ground
My burden will drive you into my arms.
A worldly burden will cause you despair
My burden will cause you to pray with faith.
A wordly burden will sap all your energy
My burden will energise you, like a refreshing rain.
There have been times when God has manifested himself visibly in times of worship. It's happened a few times that I have looked out over the people during worship and seen the cloud of God's presence. There was also this one time where we were having a prayer meeting and the whole room smelled like roses (which for our church building is fairly miraculous). I recall a time when Josh and I were praying together on a sofa in the Escape during a meeting and we both felt a rushing wind on our faces.
All these were joyous occasions, and were cool in and of themselves. But they were more cool because they showed that the Lord was really there. It proved his word that he inhabits the praises of his people.
The rain speaks of new life, refreshment and joy. So often recently I've looked out and seen the people weeping and crying out to God, which is great- don't get me wrong, I know God's moving and people are being broken of their old nature to receive the wonderful promises of God. But there's something going on here. The bible says that 'In the presence of the Lord there is fulness of joy.' I know that joy doesn't always mean that we are happy clappy and smiling, but the joy of the Lord shines from peoples faces, even when they are covered in tears.
The Lord has been speaking to me about burdens. Jesus said that his burden was light and his yoke was easy. But so often we see Christians weighed down by the 'Lord's burden'. Something doesn't add up. The Lord said this to me:
A worldly burden will drive you into the ground
My burden will drive you into my arms.
A worldly burden will cause you despair
My burden will cause you to pray with faith.
A wordly burden will sap all your energy
My burden will energise you, like a refreshing rain.
posted by doo at 3:42 pm
5 Comments:
wow....just....hugs!
'My burden will drive you into my arms'
i like it.
Flippin' awesome.
Yeah, we never expect that kind of thing, but no one ever said it wasn't supposed to be the norm.
Yeah, the church smelling like roses is a miracle.
And you spelled energized wrong. Silly English spelling.
God bless!
greg
yeah man, that is awesome. praise God that we can experience emotion and all that but it is never meant to keep us from hearing the voice of the Father. God is awesome and yeah, that is definitly a miracle to have that
c urch smelling of roses
Hey what a great site keep up the work its excellent.
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