A Word from God to Mt. Oak

To the Believers called Mt. Oak,

Hear the Word that came to me this evening. God told Moses to tell Pharaoh to let His people go so that they might worship Him.

Exodus 8:1 - Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

I could tell Sunday that some were free to worship God and some seemed bound up. I am not talking about style of worship or whether you are demonstrative in your worship or not. There is a spirit of freedom in some and a spirit of still being bound up in others. It may be that you have never experienced freedom in worship. It may be that you are afraid of letting go and letting God in your worship. It may be that contemporary worship for you is all about the music and you are not ready to go to the next level of breaking out of the way we have always done it.

Today I have been praying for Mt. Oak to let go and let God in our worship. This isn’t a debate about the gifts of the Spirit. This isn’t a debate about worship style. It is letting go of control. As long as we are in control of our worship we will only go to a certain level and then stop. If we control worship, it will never be all that God wants it to be.

Do you think David, the King, was in control when he danced before the Lord?

2 Samuel 6:14-15 - 14 David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might, 15 while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets.

God wants a people who are free to worship Him. Not a people who are bound by some tradition or culture or personal style or pride.

John 4:23-24 - 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."

Come ready every Sunday and be ready every day to worship God in Spirit and in Truth! That is all God asks; for us to be open to what God wants.

Blessings to you and please know that I love you!

Rev. Ray