I started this blog a little over a year ago and thought I would use it share things about being a mom and all the things that come with it and I have shared some of that but other times I have shared some things that were heavy on my heart. I haven't posted in a long while for many reasons but the past few months I have felt compelled to post again. After church on Sunday, I thought I have to share this even if no one reads it, I have to put this down in writing.
Sunday at church, we had an awesome service! God really moved. I love services like that where the Holy Spirit comes in and begins to move on people and the whole church service just takes a different route. How awesome is that. Unless you have experienced that you have no idea what I am talking about.
This Sunday, I was standing on the stage with the choir and worship team and we were singing You are Holy by Micheal W. Smith. We got to the part that says You are Lord of Lords, You're the King of King, You're the Mighty God, Lord of Everything, You're Emmanuel, You're the Great I am, You're the Prince of Peace who is the Lamb. I was standing there, my eyes closed worshiping as I sang and I felt it coming, I felt it down in the pit of my stomach, my eyes began to water. I prayed in my head, "O God, have the worship leader sing this again, you are here to move!" Sure enough she felt it too and our worship leader sang that part again and like rain falling from the sky as soon as she started to sing that part of the song again, I felt the power of God hit. It swept from the stage all the way to the back of the sanctuary! The tears began streaming down my face. Most of the worship team standing with me where crying or on the knees worshiping. Our worship leader could hardly sing any more. It swept done to the congregation and people began to flood the altar area.
It was so special to me to have God move so mightily this Sunday. I had just prayed a few days earlier that I longed to see His Spirit move in one of our church services and how I desired to have a special touch from Him. Thank you God for answering my prayers.
I have been in many services where I have seen a mighty move of God. It is always such a wonderful thing. God has given me the ability to sense when He wants to move in a special way. Maybe its from all the years of serving on worship teams and being apart of worship ministries and having to be sensitive to when to end a song or to let it keep going. I love being able to see His Spirit flood over a congregation. Sometimes it moves like a fog engulfing everyone at once and other times it's like a flood gate that has burst open and the rushing water coming in until there is no dry spot left and then yet other times it's like a wave growing in the ocean and when it comes crashing down it spills up over the shore line and rolls back just to do it all over again.
There will be people who read this and say that is just a bunch of emotional people or that we are a bunch of fanatics. You know that's fine, I am a fanatic! A fanatic for God! To those people who think its just a bunch of emotions, I say, your right it is very emotional to be in God's presence. You will never understand what it is to feel the Spirit move unless you have experienced it your self. Words can not describe it, emotions can not describe how it feels, nothing can describe it! It is like nothing I have ever experience in my life.
I was listening to some songs on You tube from one of my new found favorites, Christ for the Nation, and I came upon this song called My Heart Sings Worthy. The chorus of the song really struck me cause that was how I was feeling during the church service. This move of God for me was more just me wanting to be in His presence and worship Him.
The words to the chorus:
And I will be the sweetest offering
And I will be the praise you heart desires
As my heart sings worthy
My heart sings worthy
I've found none other like you
Isn't that beautiful!! How I long to be the sweetest offering to God! To be the praise that His heart desires. WOW!! I could have stayed up on that stage singing praise to God all day long on Sunday just basking in His presence and being the sweetest offering of praise to Him. I challenge you to be the sweetest offering of praise to God today!
