Extravagant Worship
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Message
I.
Introduction
to Extravagant Worship
A. We are going to talk about worship. First let’s get a
definition in our minds of what exactly we are talking about.
1.
John 4:23-24:
“But an hour is coming, and now is, when true worshipers will worship
the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be
worshipers. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and
truth.” (NLT)
2.
“Worship is…our response both corporate to God—for who He
is and what He has done! Expressed in and by the things we say and the way
we live.” – Louie Giglio
B.
Worship began when man was first created.
In fact we see it very quickly in Genesis 4:26:
“When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. It was during his
lifetime that people began to worship the Lord” (NLT)
C.
Now let’s look at some people in the
Bible who were worshipers.
II.
David:
A Man After God’s Own Heart
A. I Samuel 13:13-14, Acts 13:21-22
B.
David was called a man after God’s own
heart. Considering his track record with sin and disobedience, why? What made David
a man after God’s heart?
C. David was committed to obeying the commands of God’s heart.
1.
This is the most common principle we draw from David’s
life.
2.
There is a lot more to it than this, but we’ll get to that!
3.
Psalm 119:16
“I shall delight in Your statutes;
I shall not forget Your word.”
4.
What caused David to delight in God’s law?
5.
Psalm 119:11
“Your Word I have treasured in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.” (NASB, italics mine)
6.
What motivated this man to treasure the Word of God?
7.
I believe a principle was operating in his life I like to
call affection based obedience.
8.
In other words, David delighted and treasured
because he was in love with God.
D. David was a student of God’s Emotions.
1.
How did David fall in love with God? It was His exploration
of the very heart of God.
2.
David gave his life’s goal in Psalm 27:4-
“One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in
the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire in His temple.” (NKJV)
3.
This was the primary motivation of his life: he wanted to
be with the Lord!
4.
To accomplish this end David set up what is referred to as
“The Tabernacle of David”.
5.
David literally went and grabbed the ark of God (which was
the place where the presence of God dwelled in his day).
6.
He pitched a tent, stuck it in there and they sang before
it. Let’s talk about this for a moment…This was so radical!! (1 Chro.
16:1)
7.
David set up perpetual worship. It never stopped day and
night.
8.
This was the method in which David called his people to the
searching out of the emotions of God.
E.
David was passionate about seeing the
full release of the power and promises of God in his generation.
1.
David sought after the fullness of God’s power so that the
Lord’s kingdom would be advanced.
2.
In David’s day it looked mostly like mighty, supernatural
military advances.
3.
In our day God is calling us to the same thing: to be ones
who seek to see the lost come into the kingdom of God.
4.
He is calling us to contend with Him for His power. (Acts
4)
5.
We live in a supernatural generation in which the Lord will
release the “greater works then these” that He promised. (John 14:12)
6.
It will be for the fascination of His people and for the
drawing of the billion people that will come into the kingdom in this
generation.
III.
Mary of
Bethany: Jesus’ chosen example of extravagant worship.
A.
Finally we are going to look at the
example that Jesus said we would look at: Mary of Bethany.
1.
John 12:3
Some elements
were taken from Mike Bickle’s Book After God’s Own Heart. Click Here to buy a copy.
Jonathan Baldwin, 3/9/04
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