Worship is the antidote for the anti-Christ spirit…
The very thing which the enemy was responsible for before he fell…
He fell into pride…
Jezebel, the Religious spirit, the anti-Christ spirit…
I see them as Jezebel then above Jezebel the Religious spirit and then above the Religious spirit the anti-Christ spirit…
At the heart of it all is our worship – our focus…
I’m defining worship as focus…
What we look at…
What we think about…
Who we are focused on…
My eyes are towards You continually…
I believe that’s a scripture…
My eyes are continually toward the LORD, For He will pluck my feet out of the net. (Psalm 25:15 NASB)
The degree to which this is true in our lives is the degree to which we are free from the anti-Christ spirit…
I have been walking through this with the Lord…
There’s a scripture from Psalm 91 which shows us that if we dwell in the Shadow of the Most High we are protected…
The Lord has been giving me Psalm 84 over and over and over for the last month or more…
This is where He wants me to live…
I have been resisting – I am being honest – I’ve been aware that there’s been resistance in me as it means death for me to live in His Presence…
“That’s strange”, you may say…
Well not really as that’s the core of the resistance which caused Lucifer to fall – and that’s the core of the resistance which has reigned in Adam since he disobeyed God and chose to live in the presence of his fallen wife – the Jezebel spirit – rather than in the Presence of God…
We do all manner of “good” things – the Religious spirit – as a substitute for focusing on God – we “bag” others to make ourselves feel better about ourselves but we still feel this void – this void – this aching void – which is a lack of the worship of God in our lives…
The worship of God is what we were created for – I’m not just talking about singing here – I’m talking about our focus – what goes on in our minds – what goes on in our thoughts – what we dream about – what we see ourselves daydreaming about – what we wish for – what we keep “locked down there” somewhere where we hope no one will ever see it – we don’t even want to see it ourselves but we know we’ve got it “in reserve” just in case anything really tragic happens – our “plan b” so to speak…
Well, whatever we’re focusing on which isn’t the Lord is worshipping or being controlled by the anti-Christ spirit – including a whole lot of what we do – and say – in the Name of God…
Any focus which is not Christ Himself – with us and Him standing alone with no one in between in unbroken fellowship, with Him telling us what He wants us to do and with us responding without leaving that Presence – that Glory Cloud of His Presence – but going and doing what He has said still in that cocoon of His Presence and still carrying His Fragrance with us – anything we do outside of that is under the control of the anti-Christ spirit…
Even though we will take our part in the Body and encourage the whole Body to enter this Glory Cloud – and even though they will – it will always be about a unique relationship with the Lord in our spirit from which He’ll tell us how He wants us to interact with the Body and with the world – still in that Glory Cloud of His Presence…
Jesus did this – He was always beholding the Lord in His Presence…
Jesus lived in the Glory Cloud of His Presence…
Moses spent a lot of time there and Joshua even more…
He has been calling me to enter this Glory Cloud – nothing mystical – just communing with Him in unbroken fellowship – His fellowship with me is unbroken but mine with Him not so much…
He is calling for unbroken fellowship with me on my side – His side is fine…
And He’s told me that He’s willing to wait…
That really broke me when He told me that last week…
He told me that I could come as close to Him as I wanted – that really encouraged me to reach out and set me free from striving…
Feeling time pressure has always been a problem to me – He is waiting for me and I am coming…
I am – again this morning He reminded me and I admitted the resistance – the resistance I’ve always felt and He has taken it – He’s told me that He’s taken it – He’s heard my heart – I want to come – and that’s enough for Him – He’ll do the rest – I don’t have strive…
There is no other focus once we enter this place – it is Him alone…
And we will find – learn – that He is Enough…
Thank You Jesus…