Genesis 22:1
Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
God decided to test Abraham and the first thing he said is that he was available.
1. For there to be worship, there must be a call and a response. Are you available for worship? God called Abraham and he was readily available. This contrasts to Adam who was hiding his nudity.
The whole aspect of worship is relationship. God created Adam so that they may have a fellowship. Let us create man in our own image. We look like Him so that we can relate to him.
Mark 3:14
And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers
Jesus appointed the 12 so that they may continue to be with Him. Jesus did not appoint someone whom he had never been with. This explains that God calls you first to communion then to commission.
Some of us are quick into ministry without spending time with God. The first calling is to Him, God.
Colossians 1:16
For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;
All things were created by Him and for Him. It is not about me it is about Him. I was created to belong.
Revelation 4:11
It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.
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Acts 4:13
Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.
Your declaration does not lie about the association you have. When Adam was struggling to be found, Abraham was found and that’s why when God called him he said ‘Here I am.’
2. Your pleasure, not mine – It is about His pleasure not yours. Abraham was told, “I want your Son.”
Genesis 22:2
And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.
It is one thing to heed the call and another to lay down the pleasure for His will. Worship has nothing to do with you because you are not the focus. It is not about what you feel. Stop coming to the service with your feelings. God already knows what He is worthy of.
If I make the service fit for someone, I make them God. If you want to be destroyed, make people God. God is a jealous God, He says that we shall not have any other gods besides Him.
Some have made worship as masturbation. They have made it a sense of self-gratification. It becomes a session of, ‘I had a good time’, but what did God have?’ Any sacrifice that God ever wanted had to be dead so that you may give it sound, sound that He wants. Take for example, a guitar is just but a box with copper wires but at the hands of a guitarist, it is more than just a box with running wires but an instrument of praise to God.
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Living sacrifices means that we are just but walking beings but in His hands we become dead and He gets the pleasure He wants.
3. His pattern and your preparation
Exodus 25:9
Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.
God has a pattern, have you asked him what He wants? Your preparation determines your manifestation. There’s a way He has to be approached.
Whether you feel it or not you must worship. Truth does not lie. Jesus says in John 14 that He is the truth. He also affirms that no one comes to the father
You can never be perfect for the Father without Jesus. Truth qualifies you to see the father. Who has known the mind of God expect the spirit? God is a Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
When you give God what He needs he gives you liberty. You become the 4th member of the trinity. You get access to God. In that your enemies become God’s You doesn’t go home with the same burdens you came with.