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Living In The Overflow of Worship

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Jesus, our Living Water is too good to keep for ourselves. As a response, we must pour out waters of authentic praise and deep worship to God. What does this look like for you?
 
Are You Satisfied?
 
We desire certain kinds of power and prestige in the church and attempt to be blessed and satisfied by them, but do these cravings truly satisfy our true desire and deepest need, which can only be filled by God?What is this filling? “… the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14).
 
When the Bible talks about water, it is identified as the Spirit. Living Water refers to the Spirit of Christ. When we are filled with Christ in our lives, His Spirit overflows into every area of our heart, soul, and mind, which should compel us to worship Him. It is a response. Isaiah 55:1. The filling of His Holy Spirit satisfies our every need.
 
Worship is about the deep fellowship of God and experiencing the joy of His living praise. He pours into us His Living Water as promised (John 4:14). This gives us purpose, meaning, and substance of worship because He satisfies us completely. This Living Water is too good to keep for ourselves. As a response, we must pour out waters of authentic praise and deep worship to God.
 
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, “rivers of living water will flow from within them” (John 7:38).
 
Another amazing insight of this true satisfaction of worship is what we give back to God.
 
Jesus said, “The true worshipers shall worship and must worship in spirit and in truth.” All other emphases and rituals are to be set aside to give way to meaningful worship. Later in this Gospel, John defines this spring, or river, as the gift of the Holy Spirit who would flow out of a person like “rivers of living water” (John 7:38).
 
Jesus promised an inflow into the believer that would become an outflow back to its source, and when the Spirit flows through us back to God, it is worship at a priceless level.
 
Jesus also said: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled” (Matthew 5:6). We are already blessed because we thirst and receive His Spirit.
 
We have to admit our need is not physical, emotional, or intellectual. This leaves only our spirits; so we get on our knees to pray and begin to touch the presence of God.
 
This happened to me one day. Total satisfaction swept through my being. All along, it had been my spirit yearning to contact God’s Spirit, and I had misread it as a craving in my soul or my body.
 
For the rest of the evening, any music and any literature was enjoyable, for the deep crying of my spirit had been satisfied in God’s presence.
 
Hymn: Oh! Precious is the flow; That makes me white as snow; No other fount I know, Nothing but the blood of Jesus. (Nothing But The Blood of Jesus – Lowry)
 
He is the only True Fountain we know and that truly satisfies. “Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days” (Psalm 90.14).
 
Reflection:When in your life have you experienced God’s love?
 
Do you ever associate God’s love with God’s ability to satisfy you? If so, why? If not, why not?
 
As you reflect on God’s gracious love, what comes to mind? What thoughts? What images? What feelings? What songs? What passages of Scripture?
 
Study References: John 4:14; John 7:38; Psalm 90:14
 
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Branon Dempsey is the founder and CEO of Worship Team Training and Worship Team Training University WTTU.co He has over twenty years of leading worship and teaching worship theology, music and songwriting for churches ranging from 500 to 5,000 members. He has had the opportunity to train and study worship at Maranatha! Music as well as some of the most well-known churches in the country, including Coast Hills Church, and Saddleback Church, where Rick Warren is pastor. Branon Dempsey holds an M.Div in Worship Theology and Worship Arts, along with a Bachelors of Music in Composition and Performance, along with an emphasis in worship leader training by Maranatha and Integrity Music. Branon is a devotional writer for Bible.com Youversion and selling author / teacher with Faithlife (Logos Bibles) for worship teaching and training material. WTTU exists to help individuals understand their personality, their learning style and their spiritual maturity, which, in turn, helps the individuals sharpen their quality development and gain the needed confidence to reach the upward call of God in Christ Jesus Ephesians 2:10 and Philippians 3:14. Follow Branon: @BranonDempsey @worshiptt

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