Preacher

Listen up.

I’m talkin’ worship here.

I’m talkin’ about

an end to beseechin’ God

to open doors and windows

when you have

the hands to do it yourself.

I’m not talkin’ about

that fall-on-your-knees,

passive, prayers-of-your-father stuff.

I mean worship from your gut.

I mean partnerin’ with God,

upholdin’ your side of the covenant.

I mean ecstatic carin’

for His plan for you

and movin’ it out.

I mean worship in action

with you as the bridge

between God out there

and God right here.

Don’t you know

the world holds its breath

until your lungs give it air.

Listen. It’s simple.

Just follow your heart.

No more. No less.

And if you don’t know your heart,

if life’s floods have buried it deep

in mud and uprooted trees,

why start diggin’.

This is between you and your maker.

Go deep into hunger, hurt, hate,

shame, pleasure…all of it.

No holds barred.

See what you like

and what you don’t.

Live in revelation.

Cherish what you find.

If you do, I guarantee

the way your worship

wants to come to life in you

will make itself known.

Amen.

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