In The Worship Closet⚜️

 Oh I feel so good...and I feel better knowing am about to write this down...it's been so heavy on my heart,I have been leaning into it...since my last article on Job longing to find God and worshipping him even though he couldn't perceive him...menn I wanted to know,I longed to know what it is about worship...what entailed worship...

There is definitely something about worship...I Started writing this article at my workplace...you know last week has been such a great week...I have seen the grace of God covering me in so many areas...I had no article ready but throughout my week I kept thinking about worship and today while I was doing my devotion, I was a little confused and worried...am looking for the right words to express that feeling and I think the best I can get is worry...I have so many plans,so many things I am committed in achieving this year...hoping to achieve...I also had some decisions to make concerning something that honestly I wished I didn't have to...all I wanted was to quit and spend my life in a beach...close to the ocean...all this made me anxious,I wondered what decision I made would be right for me...how I would achieve my plans...if they would come to pass,if I would survive till the end of this season...if the decisions I need to make align with God's plan for me...have you ever had to make a crucial decision that you don't want to but have to make...you want to align with God's will but deep down in your heart you wish it didn't have to be that way...I guess I was in that junction...

My devotion today really aligned with my worry and attacked my anxiety for what it was...the teaching was quiet clear...if you have a big decision to make and don't know what to do,go where the peace of God is,talk to God and follow his peace...seems easy yet hard at the same time because sometimes we don't even know where the peace of God is,sometimes we do but sometimes the weight of the decision or worry clouds the peace and all we can think of is I don't want to do this.....I remember shutting my phone and thinking maybe where the peace of God is,is somewhere I don't want to go,maybe I want where I am more familiar more comfortable more at peace...what do i do how do I go about this,how do I find the peace of God and lean into it...and suddenly I remembered I didn't have to worry really,I don't have to be okay and perfect for God I don't have to be ready and have all the right words to tell him... sometimes am worried sometimes am confused and full of despair sometimes I don't want to go where he is leading me because my heart is tired and sorrowful...and it's okay because God says open your mouth give me your worship...I was so happy I had to worship...I remembered Job and how he worshipped God even when he was confused and couldn't perceive him...how he acknowledged who God is...how he trusted God even in his turmoil...when darkness surrounded him...how Jesus prayed without ceasing moments before he was arrested because he knew his heart was sorrowful and he wanted God to take the cup of bitterness away from him yet at the same time wanted God's will to be done...his flesh was weak yet his spirit was willing to obey his father....

All this made me see for the first time that the bridge was not shrinking from God pretending with him...the bridge during those heavy moments when our heart is weary is worship and prayer...in my worship closet where I don't have to speak all the right words where all I have to do is acknowledge who God is lift my hands open my mouth and call out his name...tell him how great he is even with tears rolling down my face...tell him I love and trust him...singing to him praying my little prayer even if it's one word...inviting the spirit of God to take over...

There is something about worship there is something to be said about inviting God in our mess through worship and praise.... acknowledging how mighty and good he is....because there is power in the name of Jesus there is power connected to the name of our living God and he never died on the cross so that we could live in darkness...he delivered us...he was nailed for us and if he rose from the dead that only means that not even death could separate us from our God no mess no fear nothing hell throws at us will ever separate us from the love of God...and sometimes we have nothing to say but I dare you to open your mouth and give God all the praise and honour...show him how much you hunger for him invite his spirit through prayer and worship...give it to him because he deserves it and so much more...

When I tell you I don't know how the atmosphere in my mind shifted once I started worshipping please believe me...suddenly all the decisions I had to make were forgotten and in my mind all I kept hearing were verses from different parts of the Bible ...and each of them was setting me on fire...it was like a weapon stabbing all the negative thoughts...but one that made me start writing this article was it is finished...it is finished...the worship song that I was playing is called I overcame...and mennn in my heart I knew it was truly finished I was worried about a decision and plans yet my story had already been written by God...and he said that he knew the plans he had for me plans to prosper me and not to harm me plans to give me a future and hope and if I seek him I will find him if I seek him with my whole heart he will hear me and come to me...you see when I say we need to read our Bible more I know what am saying...some battles are not carnal,some battles can only be fought through the word of God,some battles can only be fought when we invite the spirit of God because baby when he died on the cross,he meant what he said...it is finished...it is finished for you and for me..

We can live in freedom because he is alive and dwells in us,he knows what we go through as human beings because he was also human he accomplished his purpose in this world when he came down and lived amongst us...he was once in despair too,his heart was sorrowful too...he is a God that knows exactly what we go through,when we are torn between obeying God and listening to our sorrowful heart and giving it the comfort we think it needs...yet he showed us what we need to do when we get ourselves in such a place emotionally or mentally...please read the chapter of the Passover feast before Jesus was arrested...it's so powerful...he showed us,he taught us what to do...he prayed three times...he told his disciples who he had gone on top of the mountain with to keep watch as he prayed...not for the wild animals or something...God knew these are the moments we are most vulnerable... where doubt creeps in...where an opening can be created...for unbelief to plant it's seeds...where weeds can be grown...and I know in my heart that Jesus did this to show us what can be done when God is invited in this vulnerable moments,how the spirit of God has the power to shift everything....

When we worship an atmosphere is created,for the spirit of God to take control and have his way,to show you who he is,he is God our mighty God and nothing is too great for him...our worship is our message to God to come into our lives and take control of this moment... sometimes worship is a sacrifice especially when things don't pan out how we wanted them to,when we are disappointed...I think Job's worship was a sacrifice from his heart...he knew he had nothing...and yet his circumstances never controlled or determined if he worshipped God..he still gave him his worship..

He still acknowledged him as his God....I wish I had two or three people who would rise up and give God their worship...who would worship God...who would shift their eyes from themselves and fix them on God...who would stop for a minute and say God here is my worship i lift your name God...I wish we could take a moment and praise God for who he is,I don't think we do it enough...how can we ever do enough of it when he is always doing exceedingly abundantly more than we ever asked for or imagined every single day...how can we ever praise him enough for showering us with mercies we never deserved....power is not worship with answered prayers only power is worshipping and declaring who your God is in the middle of a desert is singing praying and opening your mouth to declare who God is in the middle of darkness sorrow and loneliness when you have nothing else to give him but your worship when you don't know what lays ahead of you how you will cross to the other side power is recognizing that when things are bad he is God when things are good he is God even when am broke he is God even when am rich he is still God even when he answers my prayers he is God even when he doesn't and goes silent he is God even when my day is bad he is God even when it is good he is God...and he will remain to be God...my God the God I worship and he is same yesterday today and tomorrow and I am not worshipping him to plead with him to change my circumstances I am praising him because I need to declare who my God is in this world I need to remind my life my heart my walls my situations the God I worship I need to remind the devil he is not done with me and everyday I rise up in the morning every day he breathes his breathe in me...my story is not finished he is not done with me....don't wait for motivation to chip in to get in your prayers closet...don't wait till you feel much better concerning everything to worship God.

I dare you to go as you are with your heavy heart with your sorrowful heart with your huge mountain of negative thoughts with a defeated spirit go limping go crawling go crying go doubting wether he will hear you but baby go open your mouth and call the name Jesus he is alive he is here right here,open your mouth and shout his name because there is power connected to that name there is victory connected to that name there is freedom connected to that name there is healing there is hope where the spirit of God is there is light no darkness can withstand his spirit no evil can come against the name of Jesus because every knee shall bow....Jesus said come to me all who are heavy laden and I will give you rest.

We need to take charge and remember the God we serve,I need us to demand a personal revelation of this God who never gives up on his people no matter how ruggedy we are no matter how much we sin no matter how many times we miss the mark we need to tell God we desire to know him personally the God who gave his only son to die for our sins,not that we deserved it or even asked for it as a matter of fact we didn't understand it yet he did it nonetheless because he knew if only my children received the revelation of my love for them they would walk differently they will understand the enemy had lost a long time ago when my son rose from the dead and gave his blood for us...they will know it is finished that they can walk in freedom,that they were bought at a price and it is finished they would not play victims to whatever life throws at them they will realize the power dwells in them power that can heal and bring back what was once dead...they would believe I have their back and go to war with the enemy because it is done,whatever they prayed for is already done...healing is already attached to their name abundance victory I am their God.

I was not going to share this but I will because I have to...when I started writing this article I was so full...God was revealing something to me concerning worship and prayer and I just wanted to keep on writing but I didn't...as the day went by I got sick,so sick,my whole body ached...it was weird I promise I bought medicine but something told me to pray...and I did,I prayed God kept depositing verses in my spirit...every verse set my hunger for him on fire and I knew I would write this down to the end I will post it no matter what and I will worship God through it all...the next day I was back on my feet feeling good as if the sickness disappeared overnight...menn am just a girl ready to go to war with the devil and I don't know about you but I have seen God deliver me so many times to doubt him I have seen him go to war for me so many times...some wars if not all are not carnal but spiritual and it's only when we invite the spirit of God can we fight them...it's only when we put on an armour of worship the word of God and prayer can we go to battle.

God loves us he gave us power to cast out demons and heal the sick but above all he gave us the power to walk in freedom and liberty...he gave us him and that's the best gift he gave us,the best he could have ever given us...it's time we remember who God is and run back to him crawl to him and sit on his feet...it is time we remember life cannot be seen through the lens of what the enemy threw at us but what God can use with everything the enemy used against us it's time we walk as victors not victims its time we own the power in us and declare it in everything connected to us,it's time to rise slay and kill everything that's coming between me and my worship...it's time we ask God to teach us how to worship him in truth and in spirit it's time we go back to the one who knows us best...it's time we remember our God and build residence in the worship closet...where impossible does not exist...when we experience the spirit of God in so many different ways where our doubt can be shifted to faith where we speak life and not death in our lives where we believe and trust...where our eyes are fixed on Jesus again and again and again.... Peace y'all please do have a lovely weekend I plan on having one myself...I plan on smiling and dancing throughout my weekend because my Jesus did it again!!