The Lord keeps teaching me something. He wants our availability. He wants our flexibility. He wants our greatest desire to be His presence. Sometimes when God moves it's inconvenient. Sometimes when God moves it throws off our plans. Sometimes when God moves it's out of nowhere. But the important question is, when He chooses to move, will you choose to wait and worship and linger in His presence as long as He sees fit? Or do you bail? Sure life moves and life happens, but there is no place like His presence, and He desperately wants to move in extraordinary ways, among those who desperately seek Him with all their heart, even when it's not convenient.
This weekend at my church, Harvest Bible Chapel Granger, the Lord moved. My Pastor preached on worship, and at the end of the Saturday night service spontaneously told our congregation they were welcome to leave, but that we were going to continue worshiping for a while. My band wasn't even planning on staying through the message that night, because they weren't needed at the end of the service. They have families, and plans, and babies, but they made room and made themselves available. After the service ended Saturday, we worshiped the Lord through song for an extended 45 minutes. Almost everyone stayed, and the Lord was really moving. The people's response to the truth that was preached was so passionate. More passionate than at the beginning of the service...The fire was fueled in hearts, the Lord was on the move, and it was a beautiful time in song, prayers, and scriptures.
For Sunday we rearranged the entire service to have the majority of the singing at the end. Really special moments in the Lord's presence with our church. I prayed with a couple at the end of one of the services who were in tears from meeting with the Lord. There is no place like His presence.
Lord, let me be available to your service, to your presence, and to Your Spirit when you move.