In the voice of Sophia from the show Golden Girls, picture
it. You are watching the time, as you
hurry up to get dress to get in the car.
You make sure you are on time to that church service, as you don’t want
a miss a second of what God may do. The
minister starts off the service with such a powerful prayer, that God’s
presence enters the room. There’s no
pumping up praise, as the praise is already there. You leave church renewed, refreshed, and full
of armor.
So what happened to our services particularly here in
America? The rush we once had now has
turned into dragging our way to church.
The praise that uses to be already there is now spent pumping the saints
up. That powerful start off prayer over services
has turned into a five minute bless the service Lord Prayer.
My opinion, I think we started walking more after the flesh
and less after the spirit. If the Pastor
got up and said Monday night we are having prayer for those desiring a financial
blessing, I bet you there will be a great turn out. That same Pastor can say we having Monday
night prayer for spiritual breakthroughs, ten people may show up. We as a body has got caught up to seeking
things instead of seeking God! We have
catered to our flesh and as a result, we have flesh services. Even with a lot
of our gospel music today, it caters to our flesh. Very few songs encourages
praise and worship.
Don’t misunderstand me, God desires for us to be blessed with things. The scripture says He has
pleasure in the prosperity of His servants in Psalm 112. There should be a
balance with our lives. However let me
be honest here, if a person gets sick, that car is not going to heal them. If a person is depressed, that house is not
going to free them. If there’s chaos at work, that three carat ring isn't going
to change the atmosphere. If you need to forgive, those clothes are not going
to help mend your heart to do it!
We know the scripture,
seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you. Matthew
6:33
The question is what are we seeking first?
Saints, we need to be reminded that we are in this world, but
we are not of this world. Someone needs
to be delivered. Someone needs to be
saved. Someone needs to be made
free. Our services need to go back to
the old landmark. We need to go back to
seeking His anointing. It’s the anointing
that destroys the yoke! So again I ask
what are you seeking FIRST?
