Untainted Worshipনমুনা

WORSHIPING IN SPIRIT Worship is a spiritual activity. When we truly worship, we do something spiritual. It is beyond the realm of the soul; into the realm of the spirit. It is the only eternal activity that transcends time, space, and even circumstance. God is Spirit. Man is also spirit. The only way man connects with God in worship is through the Holy Spirit. Hence, worship transcends order of service, tradition, culture. It involves God and man in the deepest engagement. Also it is the highest level of privacy one can have. When man is engaged with people, it is public. His plans and wills are known. However, his thoughts are still unknown to many. When man is alone, it is privacy. His wills and plans are not known to anyone. Yet in the privacy of public surrounding, everything of him is still known to God. Therefore, in public or private, man cannot hide from God’s presence and his deepest thoughts are known to his spirit. When he acknowledges this and in the faintest whisper of his spirit calls out to God, the Holy Spirit begins the engagement of communion with God, thus translating even the thoughts of God which only He (Holy Spirit) has access to; all of this in absolute privacy between God and the worshiper. Hence, no two people can ever have the same experience in worship. God is seen different by every worshiper just as a diamond viewed against the light will in a different colour shine each person in simultaneous view of it. The gates of revelation and how much they should be opened or closed are also determined by the Spirit. To take God at His Word is faith which pleases God to respond with great revelation during worship. To worship God in growing knowledge of His Word which is Spirit is also an encouragement. This means that the worshiper must spend enough time studying God’s Word and discovering new things by the Holy Spirit which make his worship experience better and which by itself is worship. “Worship is an exercise of the Holy Spirit directed primarily to God.” - Ralph Martin “When I worship, I would rather my heart be without words than my words be without heart.” - Lamar Boschman