Worship is Effortless

I had a really interesting experience last night. I was in a dead sleep, dreaming about something. But I suddenly woke myself. 

I woke myself up worshipping.

It was the middle of the night and I opened my eyes and my hands were held up in worship. I've never ever experienced anything like that.

My hands were partially picked up off the bed and in my spirit I was singing the song 'Wonder' from Bethel's album 'Brave'. The lyrics are:

May we never lose our wonder. 

May we never lose our wonder. 

Wide eyed and mystified, 

May we be just like a child, 

Staring at the beauty of our King."

Then I drifted back to sleep. 

I haven't listened to that song in a while, so it wasn't stuck in my head. It was actually something my spirit was proclaiming without me even being fully conscious of it.

This makes me so excited. So so so so excited. I've been asking The Lord to make me extremely aware of him and of His thoughts of me, so that all I do is worship. 

Everything is about the love connection. Loving Him when you're at work, and loving Him when you're at home. Loving Him when you're awake, and apparently loving Him when you're asleep too. 

Moral of the story:

Worship is effortless. Loving Him is effortless. 

I literally did it in my sleep.

It's not an act, it's a heart position. And the only way to love Him is to be consumed with His love for you. You can't give what you don't have, but you can give what you are overflowing with. 

His love is unquenchable. 

If worship is a room, I'm never leaving it. 

Michael Sullivan & Bob Hartley recently spoke at my school. Something they said hit me...

"Adore is to a door". 

Adoration from God and for God is what leads us to our destinies. 

They also said, 

"With every chamber we enter into with Him, we see another one of His faces". 

My interpretation: His chambers are the secret, intimate, loving places with Him. His faces are His characteristics. The person He is, revealed through intimate love encounters.

Living in this intimate relationship with Him is the only way to live fully. If my soul is a garden, it's sunlight is His love and it's water is His touch. It only prospers when I'm letting Him love me, and letting myself love Him in return. Without it, I may exist, but I'm not living. 

Song of Solomon 4:9-13 (TPT)

[The Bridegroom King]

For you reach into My heart.

With one flash of your eyes

I am undone by your love,

My beloved one, My equal, My bride.

You leave me breathless -

I am overcome

By merely a glance

From your worshipping eyes

And you have stolen my heart.

I'm held hostage by your love

And by the graces of righteousness upon you!

How satisfying to Me,

My equal, My bride.

Your love is My finest wine,

Intoxicating and thrilling -

And your sweet praise-perfume

So exotic, so pleasing.

Your loving words 

Are like honey to Me,

Drenched with worship.

Your tongue releases milk and honey,

For I find the Promised Land 

Flowing within you.

The fragrance of your worshipping love

Surrounds you with

Scented robes of white.

My darling bride, My private paradise

Fastened to My heart.

A secret spring you are

That no one else can have - 

My bubbling fountain

Hidden from public view.

What a perfect partner to Me,

Now that I have you!

Your inward life is now sprouting,

Bringing forth fruit.

What a beautiful paradise

Unfolds within you!

When I'm near you 

I smell aromas if the finest spice

I find many clusters 

Of my exquisite fruit growing within your inner garden.