There is an expression in worship that is seldom tapped into. This kind of expression causes a collision between heaven and earth. This is an expression of “deep crying unto deep.” This is the deepest part of man expressing his trueness to the deepest part of God. This is God expressing His deepest and truest part to man. This is Spirit to spirit, mind to mind, and heart to heart. Out of this true expression, true fellowship is born.

The truest forms of worship are derived in the deepest levels of intimacy. There is an expression that is born between a husband and wife that cannot be expressed in any other way. The more intimate the setting, the more we let our walls down and open up ourselves to generate the freedom to express the true inner feelings inside of ourselves. This is where true interaction takes place-when we let our guard completely down. Here, we allow God to peer down and see the deepest and most secluded chambers of our hearts. This is our secret place connecting with His, Spirit to spirit and Truth to truth. And from this place true expression is born. You are free to express who you really are and worship Him in Spirit and in truth. This is why the intimacy of a husband and wife is a revelation of Christ and the church (Eph 5:32).

This kind of expression was not available before Jesus poured out His blood to restore true relationship between God and man. The temple in Jerusalem had three areas: the outer courts, the holy place, and the holy of holies. Most of the people were on the outside, some were on the inside, and only one could enter the holy of holies, aka the secret place. Therefore it could be said that the temple had boundaries. God’s desire was for everyone to be able to enter in to His secret holy place, or to put it simply, to just be with Him. This is why when Jesus died, the veil to the secret place was torn. He let the inside out and the outside in. Thus we were granted access to the most intimate part of the Father’s heart where He can express who He is to us.

However, today we often still live like we are in the outer courts, on the outside looking in. The same barriers that were in the temple have formed in our hearts. Most people we know are in the outer courts. We have let a few people inside. And only a couple of close friends, we have let into our secret place and revealed our true self to them. The same goes with God. Most of the time our fellowship with Him is in the outer courts. Every so often we enter in the holy place, but rarely do we surrender our entire being completely to Him in a true expression of worship. The ones who worship Him on this level are the ones that the Father seeks.

John 4:7-24 (Read entire passage for context.)

Jesus went to the well, not to search for sin, but to ignite a worshiper. He came not to search for something on the surface, but for something deep down at the bottom of the well, true worship. The women was also searching for something, and she was filling this void of a relationship with God, with numerous relationships with men. This is the reason Jesus mentioned it, to unstop the well. Her deepest secrets now exposed (Not to condemn her, but to find the treasure beneath and set her free.), she would be able to truly worship.

John 4:23 But an hour is coming and now is when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

This seeking was carried out in this very encounter. She understood that she was known fully. The deepest part of her was now out in the open. She was free to worship in Spirit and in truth. For this reason, she was able to go forth and proclaim…

John 4:29 Come see man who told me all the things that I have done…

She declared this because He touched her in the deepest part, not because her told her, her life story. The hidden area of her heart was laid bare.

1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

When we realize that we are known fully, we will let down our boundaries and the truth in our hearts will be expressed. Nothing will hold us back from expressing our all to God. The mystery of Christ and the church is a husband and wife. They are so intimate because they know each other fully. They can freely and openly express the deepest of who they are to each other. When we allow God into our deepest place it will create pure worship with a new freedom of expression.

Jesus gave His blood, the deepest part of Himself to tear the veil so we could worship Him from the deepest part of us. This why communion is so special, a celebration of the price that was paid so we could commune with God. This is why David danced like a madman with all his might, expressing all of himself before the presence of the Lord 2 Samuel 6:14. When we refuse to hold back, and press in from the outer courts to the holy of holies, then we will worship Him truth to truth-the truest part of us joining Him in truth, and Spirit to spirit 1 Corinthians 2:10-16.

Everyone is searching for something yet we are only complete and fulfilled in Him. We were created in His image and only when we, through a relationship with Jesus, are restored to His image, will our lives have meaning. Sin is a counterfeit fulfillment. It separates is from Him causing us to worship something different, polluting our secret place and changing us into that image.This is why sin is so bad, it is not about rules, it is about protecting our relationship with the One we were created for. Sin prevents us from doing what we were created to do, worship in Spirit and in truth. This is truth. Many people fail to realize that the very thing they are searching for is the very thing they are running from; a relationship of true expression between the Father and His children. When they see us expressing our love for Him it will touch that secret place in them with the thought of Him and ignite them as worshipers.

This is the first step for an true expression of who Jesus is to be in the earth. Once we understand and enter into this kind of true expression as individuals to God, then we will understand what it will take for us to be in true fellowship with one another in the body of Christ. The church should be a place where we are free to truly express ourselves to one another. May we go deeper into true expression of worship and true expression of fellowship…

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