REST IN THE LORD

I came home from church today, physically tired but with a heart so full and humbly grateful for God's grace.

When I agreed to be one of the worship leaders for the Intercessors Summit yesterday, and then on today's worship service, I've set mind to really prepare spiritually. Leading worship isn't something I'd take for granted. For me, it is like entering the Most Holy Place, a thing you can't do callously, a task that should be done with utmost reverence as you invite the Spirit of God to dwell in that place.

But my week started stressfully. I had been having odd dreams, waking up tired, as if I hadn't slept at all. Then I went to work and heard almost nothing but discouraging words and personal insults the entire week. But like what J.C. Ryle said: "Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees." The Holy Spirit helped me discern how satan tried to distract me. I prayed and laid down at God's feet the discouragement, anger, fear, doubt and stressfulness that I was feeling, asking for deliverance. And as I headed home on Thursday, cracking up the volume to a worship song, I felt how the the Lord uplifted my spirit with this unexplainable peace and joy.

To God's glory, the summit and Sunday service went on smoothly. Today, I almost cried when our pastor told the congregation how he sensed the presence of the Holy Spirit. How precious and humbling it is to be rewarded by the holy presence of the King whom we serve!

Now my prayer is for entire worship team, that the Lord would restore the strength that was lost, to keep our fire burning, and sustain us with His grace we need to keep on serving Him. Christ is worthy!