Revelation 19:7 

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

 

Since God is the Bridegroom of the whole church we should get to know our beloved on an intimate spiritual basis.  Getting to know the LORD in all of His ways brings us closer to Him as we prepare ourselves for the huge wedding to take place (Eph 5:23, Rev 19:7)

 

When we prepare for that glorious day, we can become stronger by following His word and His commandments, and what He wants us to do in order to grow and be ready.

Getting to know Him, and all that He expects of us as His bride takes discipline and an all together deep desire to know Him, truly know Him.  Not just skimming through His word, but getting into it deeply with a contrite and sincere heart.

We need to worship Him in spirit.

When Jesus says, “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth”‘ (John 4:24), our LORD is essentially saying this reality should affect how we worship him.

Since God is Spirit, “we must worship God in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).

What does it mean to worship in spirit? To worship in spirit means to worship with our whole heart and mind.  It means to fully engage in the witness of Him and His perfection. For He is perfect, and as our Father is perfect, so too must be strive for such things.

Clearly we can see this in the New Testament with the Pharisees. Jesus said: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain” (Matthew 15:8).

We cannot fool the LORD.

He knows our intents.

He knows our hearts…and He understands our desire to know Him, when we truly want to know Him.

He wants us to worship Him fully completely.  Not on a whim, sing a song, and read a verse and forget about Him for the time being.

But, instead…to worship, to praise and to speak to Him daily from the heart, our “inner man” — speak to Him with full  approach and boldly going to His throne of grace.

Worship in spirit, with the right heart,  be serious in pursuing God.

Listen to what God said through Jeremiah: “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13)

God is good and wants us to seek Him. His love for us is beyond all understanding. The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He takes great delight in us he will quiet us with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing (Zephaniah 3:17)

Eternity as His bride…can it be any better than that?

Amen~