Worship your way through...

I have one thing for you today. Are you ready? It’s not super extra deep and spiritual but it’s what I hear God saying this morning. Okay….here goes! WORSHIP YOUR WAY THROUGH! I don’t care what you are facing, what the enemy has put in your way, what you have told yourself that you can’t do, what your circumstances look like, what your finances look like, what has disturbed or distressed you, the answer is in your worship. You see, God is the beginning and the end of everything. He created it all and it all comes back to Him. Sometimes, all that is happening in your world distracts you from that fact and causes you to make a person, an event, a challenge bigger than who He is. Today, I simply want to remind you that getting in the presence of God and focusing on all that He is will take you through whatever pain or struggle you have in front of you.

Colossians 1:15-20 in the Message translation spoke to me today and it is an awesome reminder of why you have to worship to make it.

“We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in Him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, He organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—He is supreme in the end. From beginning to end He’s there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is He, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in Him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of His death, His blood that poured down from the cross.”

Did you feel it like I did? Did you recognize that Christ in all of His fullness and supremacy trumps every crazy thing in your life? Did you see that because of His death and resurrection, everything that attempts to distract you from Him, has to bow to who He is? Did you understand that if you shift your focus away from the confusion, the struggle, the challenges and towards the Most High, All Powerful, All Sufficient God, you will find yourself on the other side of whatever tried to stop you. You have to worship your way through. You have to take the frustration, the anger, the bitterness, the anxiety, the doubt, the hesitation, whatever it is and lay it at God’s feet. Thank Him because you have your life. Thank Him because you don’t look like what you’ve been through. Thank Him because He trusted you to speak for Him. Thank Him because He loved you even though He knows you and your secrets. Thank Him because He has a plan and a purpose for your life and He will walk you all the way through it.

Worship your way through, woman of God! Know that God sees everything that you have fought for and struggled with and He is preparing you for your next level. Worship your way through, man of God! Know that God sees how hard it has been to lead when you didn’t have the answers and He is positioning you for greatness. Worship your way through, saints! Know that God is in control and that He is big enough to meet you in the beginning, the middle and the end.  Worship! Worship! Worship your way through! Join in with the 24 Elders in Revelation 4 and sing “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.” (Rev. 4:11, NKJV)

 

Amen