Dr. Johnson. Org
Worship
The authenticity
of Worship can be discerned if we really knew what was happening in the
spiritual realm while we worship. At a certain point in our life, amidst great
persecution from the enemy, as we worshipped the Lord with songs of praise and
thanksgiving, my wife saw very few angels appearing on the scene after the
worship and often the presence of the enemy rather than Jesus. This confused
and perplexed us. We asked Jesus why this was so and the Holy Spirit pointed
out that the quality of the worship determines the outcome and results. In
Family worship, often children are distracted by the enemy and they do not take
part in the worship which dullens the quality of the worship. The tactics of
the enemy are very subtle and their aim is to make the worship powerless. They
may irritate infants/babies making then cry excessively and spoil the effect
iveness of the worship. Spirits of laziness, irritation, anger, lethargy and
others may try to dullen the worship. Not only family worship. Church worship
loses its effectiveness because of the nonparticipation of certain members.
Nonparticipation does not necessarily mean they do not sing/pray. They may do
all that but their mind is some where else. Like a few days back in our church
worship, things did not seem to be flowing smoothly though we were praising
with songs. On enquiring of the Lord He showed my wife through a vision that
all but one of the church members were sitting around a table enjoying a
banquet in the presence of Jesus. One sat aloof ( not with us) eating his own
food. Unless the mind of each member is on Christ during worship, the
effectiveness and eventually the outcome suffers.
When the Holy Spirit taught us these things, we put a renewed effort in our
family worship and the results were really breathtaking. As soon as we
worshipped the Lord with all our body, mind, spirit, soul and strength and
concentrated on Jesus in worship, the presence of the angels of God just
increased by leaps and bounds. The whole house was filled with angels and the
presence of Jesus was instantaneous. An enemy approached but could not get
through anywhere near us for such was theenormous presence of the angels of
God.
True worship really makes the enemy go crazy. An evil spirit once troubled us
for many days. It had a sidekick or an assistant who used to spy on on us for
its master. Coming in and going out as it desired. This was before the Holy
Spirit instructed and corrected our worship. When our worship gained a new
dimension, this spirit tried to come in as usual but seemed to go crazy hearing
us sing and praise the Lord with a whole heart. It started shaking its head,
holding its head in its hands not able to stand the worship. This made it's
master angry who chided it, but eventually both boss and sidekick learnt that
they won't be able to stand the continual torment of worship and vanished,
never to return again.
Yes ! Worship through prose, praise and songs ushers in the presence of the
Lord Almigthy and His hosts and makes the enemy recede into its shell. If we
sift out the unwanted elements/faults in worship we have victory in our hands
every day. Praise the Lord.
Worship in tongues is also a great weapon for the christian soldier. Earlier in
our adventures of the spiritual world, while worshipping in tongues, when my
wife saw the enemy, she would inform me of it and I would speak the Word of God
with faith and the angels would bind the enemy and cast them away in to the
pit. But now (after the Lord granted her more faith) as she sees the enemy she
just continues worshipping in tongues and the angels do the same work as when
the Word is spoken. I guess that's good news for you worshippers in tongues,
for many a spiritual battle may be being won by you with such worship; so do
not be discourged by people who chide you for doing so. Some who do not worship
thus do not even realize all the battles they are losing. You go ahead and win
all your battles dear friend and let the Lord take care of the chiders.