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Part 5: In His Perspective, Exercise the Truth- Give It Up!

Before we come to worship Him, whether in the quiet solitude of our prayer closet, or in the gathering of fellowship... we must take time to remember who He is before we begin. We must remind ourselves who it is that we are coming to honor and respond to that truth ...

If we have our God's perspective, we do not walk through this life "practicing" the rituals of some "religion". These are the world's terms, used in disgust to defame our faith in our God. Both are hollow and devoid of true wisdom and knowledge. The world's "intellect" deprives it of the revelation of the truth. It has become an obstacle, a veil that prevents it's understanding of their life's purpose. Pity their blindness enough to have compassion to pray for their healing, but never allow their words to be true of you. If we have truly known our God, then we are compelled by the reality of who He is to walk in the love motivated discipline of the truth. Our God is not some figment of our imagination, nor is He some remote entity that we perform ceremony for to appease. "Practicing religion", and "performing ceremony" bring His disgust, they create a stench that repulses Him. So let our life, our worship and our honor of Him be with our whole heart in spirit and in truth, because anything less... is "practicing religion".

As we live, we must remind ourselves that He is ever present and live that reality without hesitation. If another stands before us close enough to touch, He is closer. When we speak, speak as though He's listening because we know He hears us. When we worship, let it come from deep within, shamelessly proclaiming His virtue and with a true and sincere heart of gratitude and humility because we know that anything less, will offend Him. We are reminded by scripture, that if we deny Him, before men, He will deny us before the Father. So we cannot allow the foul and deceitful spirit of shame to prevent us from proclaiming the truth before the world. If we allow our worship to be limited by embarrassment or shame even before the body of Christ, then how can we possibly proclaim it to the world? If living out the truth causes us embarrassment, shame or reluctance, then we have reason to consider what binding spirit or limiting understanding holds us from providing the proof of our faith to our God. Our words may speak of our intentions, but our actions give proof to the world and more importantly, to Him of our conviction - what we in fact, hold to be true. Our words without proof by our action, run the risk of being percieved, if not actually becoming ... as falsehoods.

So as we enter the moment to worship, we must remind ourselves of who He is and all He has done and continues to do. We do this to enable ourselves to enthrone Him properly in our hearts and minds to enable true and spirit filled worship. Anything less, may provide the danger to lack the sweet fragrance to Him of true worship and instead become the foul stench of dutiful practice of religion. Give Him His due. Give Him the true offering from the deepest recesses of your heart. Give it with all of your heart, all of your mind and all of your body... give it up! ... and brace yourself for His response..
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