Does Worship Cause Your Heart to Leap???

On occasion, my pastor will deviate from the order of service by asking if someone has a testimony to give. Someone always does.

Sometimes they are no more than one-sentence testimonies. Others are varying lengths. But without fail, as people rise to tell of God's grace, the Spirit of God begins to move on us all. Here and there, tears begin to flow, hands begin to lift into the air.

The order of service is completely out the window.

Sometimes, someone will ask if we can sing a hymn.

Sometimes, our wise pastor will call us to the front to have a season of prayer.

Sometimes, he will just wait silently to see what God is going to do next.

Would you call it a high spiritual time? I suppose so. But it was not a euphoria. It was a sense of joy (as Ann related), and a sense of awe that God would see fit to make himself known to us in that way.

Finally, as things draw to a close, there is not the usual hand-shaking and small talk as folks make their way out. People are still daubing at their eyes with handkerchiefs or tissues. Some seem lost in thought.

It has not been worship as usual.

Now, I don't want to give the impression that our regular worship services are dull and routine. They are not. There are moments when my heart does leap for joy. But our services are not hour-long emotional highs. I do go away glad that I was in the house of the Lord and was with His people.

I don't need to be three feet off the ground during our worship services. I do want to be satisfied in him.

 

It's a moment of pure joy. Sometimes there are tears, sometimes laughter, sometimes peace and contentment but you can feel the presence of the Lord so closely, and it's precious beyond measure.