Worship Changes Things

Have you ever been in a funk? You know, when it seems like nothing is going right and the enemy takes hold of your thoughts and you begin to believe the lies he is telling you? I am going to be really vulnerable right now and am going to tell you that's where I have been. The past few weeks have been really hard on me. It all started on the night of my birthday. You know that ONE day where everything is supposed to go your way. Satan sucks like that.  We came back from being out on Bangla and that's when the attacks started. I began to feel useless and that I was a disappointment to my Daddy. I began to doubt everything He had been doing through me. I felt like He had run out of grace for me. I was so frustrated with myself for believing the lies. All I wanted to do that next day was to stay in bed and cry. I might have actually done that... That night, just like every night, we had a worship service. I was torn. I wanted to worship but only half out of anguish and half out of my praise. Then something unexpected happen, and I don't remember what song it was, but the Lord told me to get off the ground and to stand up, and the Holy Spirit took over. Something changed in me. You see, it's very hard to worship the Lord when you are feeling sorry for yourself or beating yourself up for things you did or didn't do. See, I worship a good God. A God who is full of GRACE and MERCY, and FORGIVENESS. So when I turned the focus off myself and onto God, my countenance changed. I was full of His joy. Worship changes you.Worship changes the atmosphere around you. Our worship changes how we see Bangla. Worship will change Thailand. Worship is the fuel of missions. We all exist to worship Jesus Christ and to live a life that is glorifying to Him. We are to glorify Him with our thoughts, actions, words, and lives.

There is this picture/painting in my parents house that says, "Don't let the turkey's get you down," and Satan is one big,old, fat, ugly turkey. So I say to him, "Get behind me Satan," and I worship.