What is there about sitting outside on a dark morning that makes worship more meaningful. I know I can worship in my chair in my room. I can worship in my car driving. I can worship in many environments, and yet, somehow, being outside in the presence of creation, makes it more powerful.
God wants to communicate with us. That communication requires the work of the Holy Spirit, because we are not capable of reaching God ourselves. Fortunately, the Holy Spirit works overtime trying to communicate with us and open us up to what God has to say. In spite of that reality, it helps to make us more receptive and certain environments tend to make us more open to God’s voice. When I am out looking at the sunrise, or shall we say waiting for the sunrise, I place myself in a location where I am more receptive to what’s going on around me. I am more aware. It may be a crutch, but it is a beautiful and needed crutch.
The same might be true of worshiping in a church building. It can be a barn-like structure. So many modern churches are nothing but warehouses. It can be an ancient Gothic cathedral. In both places it is possible to worship, and if you are attuned to it, you are more receptive to what God has to say because your senses are stimulated in that direction.
Seek out environments where you can worship. It might be different for you than it is for me. It might be different today from tomorrow. It might even be different moment by moment. One of the things you can rest assured of is that the Holy Spirit is waiting to meet with you, God wants to speak to you, and God wants to hear from you.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Opus 2024-282: Environments of Worship
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