Seated at the Right Hand of God

Ok, so I am up and feeling a little sleepy but excited at the same time. I guess that must be how toddlers are that are fighting sleep. Tired but don't want to go to bed. I have been listening to Seated at the Right Hand of God by Tye Tribbett all night long. Normally when I go to sleep listening to something, its just loud enough not to keep me awake but that wasn't the case this time.  I had the volume too high.  I love this song because it makes me think about dancing with the Lord.  I am working on an animation to this song.  Here is what I see when I listen to it....There is a girl dancing with Jesus in outer space...They are dancing across the earth. They are dancing among the stars.  Then He takes her to heaven and its like a huge pep rally/concert going on.  Everybody is worshipping and praising the Lord. Its loud, like a roaring crowd. Almost like those Michael Jackson concerts in other countries where the people faint because they got to touch Michael Jackson's hand.  Instead, the people are fainting because of the awesomeness of God! Its like they can't get enough of shouting and dancing and cheering....Everybody is so excited about worshipping Jesus!  Its so loud and crowded but nobody is complaining about the music being too loud...nobody's standing around watching everybody else. EVERYBODY is celebrating the Lord!  The people are almost in a competitive attitude trying to dance, step, praise with so much passion but nobody is trying to outdo anyone else because its all about giving glory to the Lord! Different groups come out and just dance before God!  There is all types of dancing going on, tapping, break dancing, you name it...it was being done to celebrate God! They are praising and worshipping as hard as they can, trying to outdo themselves. They have flags, banners, everything they can use to celebrate God....There are some moments when all they do is bow! Remember in the Lion King when Mufasa presents Simba to all the animals on Pride Rock?  All the animals bow to Simba.  The tall giraffes are bowed just as low as the smaller animals...That's how that heavenly worship and praise is...they are bowing and its not hard for them to do it...They can't help it...they want to do it.  They are all cheerleaders in the sense that they are cheering but its not to pump anyone up....they are all cheerleaders for Jesus! 

I was thinking about You today!

I went to bed last night listening to one of my bible CDs.  I listened to Paul describe his experience when he went to the third heaven.  I found it kind of funny that he kept saying, "...whether in the body or out of the body, I do not know, God knows."  I thought to myself, 'now, that is a worship experience!'  In the beginning my idea of worship was some ethereal experience with slow music playing and everybody is dressed in white floating around.  I don't know, maybe it can be like that.  Ha ha, but it can also be me riding along in my car talking to God.  Worship is about spending time with God.  It's a lifestyle.  We don't necessarily have to be singing in church to do that. Worship goes so far beyond a song.  It has a way of allowing God to invade our personal space. He doesn't have to be restricted to church on sunday morning or wednesday night.  Actually that would be kind of sad if the only way that we could worship God was corporately.  It's an individual thing first.  Spending time with God is a necessity.  That is what we were created to do. He is suppose to be the air that we breathe.  Spending time with Him is not suppose to be a hard thing to do.   I used to get caught up in thinking, 'this is the way to do it', and when I didn't have time to do it that particular way, I ended not spending time with God at all.

It kind of reminds me of how when you meet someone new you go through all the changes to try to impress that person.  Then after the newness wears off, you just spend time with them. The guys stop bringing flowers or a special gift every time they go see the ladies.  They just go see them.  Just spend time with God.  That is a whole lot more than singing a pretty song; it's prayer, Bible reading, and meditating on what you read.  It's just being in communication so that you are open to hear what He has to say to you.  It's as simple as laying on your bed at night and thinking about Him.   How easy is that...that is what David did.  He would lay on his bed day and night thinking about God and His word.  I have been trying to do that lately before I go to sleep.  Just think about God.  Not about what you might be in need of, but just think about God.  For example, I had a friend that told me that he was thinking about me one day.  I asked him what he was thinking.  He said, "I was wondering how you were feeling today, if you were having a good day.  How you felt about our last conversation..." Yada, yada, yada... I won't bore you with the details.  The point is he was wondering what I was thinking about.  Check out Psalm 63:6, I love the way the God's Word Translation says it: As I lie on my bed, I remember you.  Through the long hours of the night, I think about you. WOW...let's just think about God!  What is He thinking about?  How does He feel today?