Now Is The Time
Pastor Carolyn J. Blue
Psalms 95: 6-8 KJV
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
John 4: 19 – 26 KJV
19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
Now is the time!
Can you say out loud to yourself that Now is the time!
You may ask yourself now is the time for what? Well I’m glad you asked.
Now is the time for us to know the truth about worship!
Now is the time that we must position ourselves and get in the right posture to worship our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for what He has done!!!
Now is the time!
Now is the time that we praise Him. We must praise Him because of who He is and Now is the time for us to worship him for what he’s done! Now is the time!
Last week we shared that there’s power in prayer! And many of us have been faced with obstacles and situations that have forced us or pushed us or propelled us into prayer!
And tonight I stopped by to tell each of you that while you are using your power in prayer, Now is the time to meet Him in worship!
Now is the time to shift from a worship that we thought was good enough, and enter into a worship that will take us into our next level! Into deeper depths and higher heights!!!
Yesterday’s worship is not enough!!! Now is the time for a fresh worship!!! Worship that will break yokes, heal all sicknesses and diseases , mend broken hearts, close open doors, turn situations around, change the judge’s mind, and so much more!
Now is the time to worship!!!
Now is the time to experience God like never before! People all over the world are in need of what God has to offer and how can they get it unless the people of God change our posture and learn how to worship!
Do not get caught up in when, where, and how we worship. You may choose to worship by lifting your hands, and someone else may choose to worship my bowing their head! The next person may worship kneeling down, while someone else may worship by lying prostrate on their face.
I came to serve notice tonight that God isn’t concerned with the when, the where, nor the how you worship– it’s about who you worship!
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the great I Am, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords is the only one we should worship! His ‘yes’ should be the only one we seek. His approval should be the only one that matters.
The 95th division of Psalms tells us to Come, and worship and bow down. The writer says that we are to kneel before the Lord our maker, because He is our God. We are the people He watches over, and the flock under his care.
Now is the time to worship!!!
The Lord says, the day you hear my voice, harden not your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness. Moses was denied access to the Promised Land for his sin at the Rock of Meribah; after faithfully leading Israel for forty years. He struck a rock instead of speaking to it and was condemned to die before living in the Promised Land.
I say all this to say: Don’t spend your life going to church to simply go through the motions. Week after week, Sunday after Sunday and some of us still do not truly know God for ourselves. We can read The Word, help all the needy people, and still miss what God desires from us and for us.
He said oh if my people would just praise me, if my people would just worship me, if my people would know who I am!
Will you praise Him?
God is speaking tonight! He’s saying Now is the time!!!
It’s time to worship Him!!!
Let’s look at the book of St. John chapter 4 where the woman at the well spoke to Jesus and said:
Sir, you must be a prophet.
So why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?”
But Jesus replied to her saying, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
He told her that Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while the Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.
Watch this!!! He went on to say, But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. What way? In spirit and in truth!!!
Now is the time!!!
He said that God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.
The woman told Him that she knew that the Messiah was coming—the one who is called Christ, and that when He comes, He would explain everything to them.
But Jesus told her, He was the Messiah!
He was telling her that now is the time!!!
And just like He was telling her, He’s telling us that now is the time to worship Him!!!
When life continues to ‘life’ no matter how much you try to make it through, get into worship!!!
Now is the time!!!
When you get a doctor’s report that you were not expecting, get into worship!!!
Now is the time!!!
When all hell is breaking loose in your home…don’t fret, get into worship!!!
Now is the time!!!
When everyone turns their back on you, don’t be offended, get into worship!!!
Now is the time!!!
Now is the time to stop letting the devil run circles around you. Get into worship!!!
Now is the time!!!
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