The Worship Gathering - “How Great is Our God” - Week 1
Tonight was the first Worship Gathering of 2006. It was absolutely amazing. If you weren’t there, you missed one of the most amazing worship times I’ve been a part of in some time. There was an amazing time of reflection, repentance, and sitting in silence. At the pinnacle of the night, there was almost an atmosphere that was almost heavenly.
The central theme for the night was humble adoration of how great our God is. I read in Job 26, where Job said, “And these are but the outer fringe of his works”. I shared that God is so vast and so awe-inspiring that when we stand in awe of something He’s done or created, those very things that BLOW OUR MINDS are what the Living Bible calls “the minor things He does.” This set the mood for the entire evening.
At one point, we sang “Enough” by Chris Tomlin. As we sang, God dealt with my heart about the lyrics to this song. “All of You is more than enough for all of me, for every thirst and every need. You satisfy me with Your love and all I have in You is more than enough.” God began to ask me if that was honestly true of my heart. And the answer was no. I had to confess before everyone that I can’t always say that my heart can honestly sing this song. I led the group in a time of repentance before our Holy God as we responded to His question to us. It was a humbling moment.
I believe it’s only going to get better. Come out next week. If you need directions, click on the “Worship Gathering” link to the right. If you have any questions, email theworshipgathering@melwashington.com
See you there. “Bring Yo Friends”!!!
~m
January 17th, 2006 at 9:40 pm
It sounds like it was an amazing experience. That song is one that always gets me. It’s amazing to me how easily we seem to ignore the fact that He is all that we need. He is the only thing in our life that will truly get us through anything. It’s interesting how often we seek comfort for a friend, a significant other, alcohol, etc. when things go wrong. I wish I could figure out why we did that. Why is it that the one thing/person that can truly help us through anything is the one person that we keep wanting to push away and ignore? Why do we fight God when He is trying to help us? It’s almost like we have a mental block about how amazing God is. We tend to forget that how He helped us through the last trial in our life. For some reason, we think that some earthly thing is going to make it all better. It’s like we stick our noses up at God. It’s sad. I, personally, am so grateful that God does not do that to us. I can’t even begin to count all the times that He has covered me with His grace. We are given such an amazing gift of His love. We are His children. How awesome is that to say? There are times that I, honestly, just sit in awe of Him and the fact that I am a child of God.
Really, and truly, is there a better gift?