Prophetic Word 2024 - Day 48: Love makes worship possible.

“Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house; I will worship at your Temple with deepest awe.“

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭5‬:‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬

David had finally come to reign over all Israel. At one point, David asked whether or not there was anyone left of the house of Saul to whom he could show kindness for Jonathan’s sake.

As you may remember, Jonathan was Saul’s son with whom David had entered into covenant.

Through one of Saul’s servants, Ziba, David finds out that one of Jonathan‘s sons was still alive. His name was Mephibosheth; and he was lame in his feet.

David sent for Mephibosheth to come before him. As well, David told Ziba, Saul’s servant, that he was going to give Mephibosheth all that had belonged to Saul and all his house. Ziba and his family were instructed to work for the benefit of Mephibosheth.

“Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my Lord the king has commanded his servant, so will your servant do.” “As for Mephibosheth,” said the king, “he shall eat at my table like one of the king’s sons.” So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. And he was lame in both his feet.“

‭‭II Samuel‬ ‭9‬:‭11‬, ‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

But, David not only gave all that had been Saul’s to Mephibosheth, he brought him to live as one of his sons and to eat at his table!

You see, because of David‘s relationship with Jonathan, because of his love for Jonathan, he offered Mephibosheth sonship.

We are in the midst of discussing the essence of true worship. Think of it, had God not loved us first, we would never have been able to approach Him, much less have been able to share the intimacy of worship with Him.

“Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us.“

‭‭I John‬ ‭4‬:‭17‬-‭19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Because of God’s great love for us, He sent His only Son to do for us what we could not do for ourselves.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.“

‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Yes, now we can approach God without fear of being turned away, without fear of punishment.

“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.“

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4‬:‭14‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

We can boldly approach the throne of God through the work of Jesus Christ. We can worship Him in spirit and in truth, all because He loved us first.

Make no mistake, the roll of love in worship—although beginning with God’s love—also involves OUR love going toward Him. And—here’s the hard part—we cannot have true worship if we don’t love our brothers and sisters in the Lord.

Let’s go a little further in the passage we considered above in 1 John:

“Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us. If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.“

‭‭I John‬ ‭4‬:‭17‬-‭21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

True worship is within the context of our loving relationship with the God Who first loved us, as well as within the context of our love for the family of God.

In our opening scripture we see the psalmist extolling the fact that his worship is made possible by the steadfast love of God toward him.

Child of God, there is no true worship outside of the context of love. In the same way that Mephibosheth was only able to approach David—ultimately becoming like a son to him—because of David’s loving invitation, without God’s love, we would still be cowering from God in fear.

Finally, here is another portion of the prophetic lesson the Lord gave me in 2009 on the topic, “True Worship”:

“I Am Messiah. I Am the Good Shepherd. I Am the Christ of God. I have come to show you the glory of the Most High. I reach toward you, and you run away. I seek for you, and you hide. You have nothing to fear from Me. I Am your Father. I Am your Source. I Am assurance of your salvation. My presence assures you that I Am and that I seek you even at this moment.”

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

#resolveforhim