It's time to gather and Worship.
Don't feel like it?
Check out Paul & Silas....
"And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed." -Acts 16:23-26
You see it? Paul & Silas had been beaten. And yet - you see that after their severe beating, they found themselves worshiping. I doubt that they felt like worshiping, but they made a choice to overcome every negative force. There is purity in persecution. How many times do we let circumstances influence whether we feel like worshiping or not. Notice also that there was an earthquake that came - I would suggest that in our Christian life there must violent earthquakes (surprises, something we don't expect and don't want). But notice that the earthquake is what brought the freedom and change to the situation that Paul and Silas needed. And not only to Paul and Silas - but those surrounding them - all for the Gospels sake.
Now let's lift our voices and Praise the one who knows exactly where we are, and what we need. Thank you Jesus that nothing has surprised you - help me to receive your will for my life.
