Monday, December 21, 2009

A Tall Order? (II)

... TO THE GOD NOBODY KNOWS. I'm here to introduce you to this God so you can worship intelligently, know who you're dealing with. The God who made the world and everything in it, this Master of sky and land, doesn't live in custom-made shrines or need the human race to run errands for him, as if he couldn't take care of himself. He makes the creatures; the creatures don't make him.Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and space for living so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn't play hide-and-seek with us. He's not remote; he's near. We live and move in him, can't get away from him! One of your poets said it well: 'We're the God-created.' Well, if we are the God-created, it doesn't make a lot of sense to think we could hire a sculptor to chisel a god out of stone for us, does it? "God overlooks it as long as you don't know any better--but that time is past. The unknown is now known, and he's calling for a radical life-change. He has set a day when the entire human race will be judged and everything set right. And he has already appointed the judge, confirming him before everyone by raising him from the dead."
- Apostle Paul ( Acts 17:23-31 - The Message Bible)


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We desire:

-A place of worship, streaming out from a heart that knows that he is nothing without the creator.

- A place of ministration to the living God.

- A monument of the heart.

-An imponderable place of worship built to the reverence of an invisible God that owns the sole power to operate in tangibility and or intangibility yet CAN NOT BE TIED TO A BOX!

-A state and place of (our) mind where only He dwells and lives in -seclusion from and to external factors.

- A place where the vicissitudes, cares, worries, the anxieties of this life can not get to yet a place where we fix all the shoves, kicks and bites that life brings!

- A place where we have the heart of God, then as the world comes down on us, we are protected against it.

-A place of constant communication with the Father.

-A place where no one else has admittance into.

-The place meant for our First Love.

- The place where we are constantly reminded of the ‘’I do’’ commitment to the lover of our soul.

- The place where the 'plight of troth' we took is for better and FOR WORSE!

-The place where we daily rejoice in the joy of our salvation.

-A place where nothing ‘moves' or 'shakes' us.

-A place where we can walk on water just because He bid us come!

- The place where we are deeply rooted in Him who is above only and dwells in and all by Himself.

- A place of God sufficiency!

-A place where we understand and know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.

- A place where we are reassured that whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son.

-An altar where it is settled that we are called because we have been predestinated, and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified.

-An altar where we are certain and then submit, ‘’what shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

-A place where we dig that the battle is not ours but for the One Mighty in Battle.

-The place of consecration.

- A place where we can throw our hands in 'reckless' abandon in outward expression to the Father.

- A place where ego is not an issue . I talk of a place where a man humbles himself to the point of raising his hands and a big exchange of power occurs.The outward sign that comes only after some pretty major battles were fought and won on the inside by their desire to worship in obedience from a pure heart! *Ahem!*

- A place of faith, humility and obedience.

- A place where we have everything to gain by losing our religion to total worship and praise.

- A place where we take off the mask of lifeless tradition and religious perfectionism and completely open up to God.

- The secret place where we find strength, joy, and refreshing.

-A place where out of our worship of and with Him, He decides to call us to make the relationship public!!

- A place where God becomes more than real to us!

-The place where we operate by love- loving our enemies and all who despitefully use us.

- A place where the power of love steadily makes of no effect ,hate.

-A place where light comes in and darkness loses its grasp!

-An altar where only God dictates what we do.

-An altar where He renames us.

- A place of appellation for the Father!

-An altar built for the King of Kings!

-A place where it is not so much about Bethel(the house of God) but more about El- bethel(the God of the house). Having the full grasp that the ordinances are but empty things if we do not meet with God in them!

-An altar of veneration.

-A place where we forget everything in God’s presence save HIM!

-A place where we understand it is in Him we live, move , and have our being!

-A place that we never lose sight of the truth that if it hadn’t been the Lord that (was) is on our side…!

- A place where we know that there is nothing that we have that has not been given to us by the Lord.

- A place where if the Lord doesn't give us, we wont take it.

-A place of neglect of self, will and power!

-A place of willingness to love the Lord and not use Him!

-The place where ‘’for though the fig tree blossom not nor fruit be on the vines, though the yield of the olive fail and the terraces produce no nourishment, though the flocks disappear from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet will I rejoice in the LORD and exult in my saving God. GOD, my Lord, is my strength; He makes my feet swift as those of hinds and enables me to go upon the heights’’.

-A place where it is more of what He will have us do for Him than what we want Him to do.

-An altar that seeks His heart more than His hand.

- A place where even at those times that we can not feel the appreciable presence of God, it doesn’t stop us from loving Him still.

-A place where even the silence of God is an answer! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

-A place of daily growth.

-A place where we have grown to the capacity of what He has given us , so much that whenever He requires that we give it, we GIVE IT!

- An altar where we know that the son we give Him today will give rise to 'nations of sons.'

-A place of rest and assurance.

- An altar where doubt fades away and only trust rules!

-An altar that always turns every strike from the accuser into his worse nightmare.

-A place where power is at work in us.

-A place where the power is from God.

-A place where our spouse , consort, mate or closest friend can't go or get with us.

-A place all by ourself and God.

-A personal altar.

-An altar.

-An altar reserved for us and God alone.

-A God Reserved Area?!

-An altar of the Lord our God built in total submission to the will of the Father.

-A place that has left people wondering if we haven’t lost our mind.

-An altar tuned into another frequency other than theirs.

- An altar where we can enjoy worshipping God in a way the world will never understand.

-An altar that turns us into another man.

-An altar where we are the priest of the Most High!

-A place of serenity.

-An altar of tranquility with the confines of the spirit and the soul even when the body says otherwise.

-A place where we know that anybody can praise Him(especially when all is well with them) but that we know that those who will worship Him must do so in spirit and in truth because God is a Spirit.

-A place that causes us to faint not because though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

-A place where at those low times , we are assured that He would grant us, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man.

-A place where He gives power to the faint and to them that have no might, He increases strength.

-A place where we never underestimate the efficacy of ''grace , grace unto you!''

- A place where grace is higher that any sin.

- An altar that you grasp that true grace justifies the sinner not the sin!!

- A place where nothing in us rejoices at the judgment upon others and yet desires that our sins be overlooked!

-A place where we are in constant awe of the one who has called us to priesthood.

- A place where God is most glorified in us because we are most satisfied in him.

-A place of humility borne out of the amazing , unflinching and unchanging love of the Father!

-An altar where the power of His love is changing us.

-An altar based on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

-An altar that assures of a path that shines bright and bright unto the perfect day.

-A place of refuge in times of war.

-A place of abundance in times of famine.

-An unshakable, tenacious anchor and trust on the saving power of God.

-The altar where the sicknesses of a thousand presidents won't stop the sanity of the economy!!!!

-A place where there are no tiger's indiscretions because we understand BOUNDARIES! *lol!*

-A place where there are no fake goods, global warming,PHCN, slow internet connections or where bears develop temporary amnesia and eat up their ‘keeper Mrs.’!

-A place of absolute, unadulterated and sovereign sanity!!!

-A place where there are no doubts about who ,when and how to marry, where to work, what to eat, where to go etc. *Yeah, those too!*

-A place where all we wait for each day is what the one who created things in and from the beginning has to say and do; what He will have us say and or have us do!

-A place (where), ‘’in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth’’!

-An altar before the serpent came! The beginning! Oh…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-An altar where 2010(and beyond) is solely dependent on God.

An altar where none else matters… But you, our husbandman!

"To keep Your lovely face, ever before our eyes, this is our prayer, make it our strong desire! That in our secret heart, no other love competes, no rival throne survives, and we (want to) serve only You."

Risky? Well , something has got to give to 'get there'!

A tall order? I am particularly tired of playing(other) games when worship is the (ONLY)name of the game!


Omobolanle
20122009
1:26 pm.