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THE PLACE OF WORSHIP AND ITS DIVINE PATTERN.
True Worship is not about how broken we are, but about how COMPLETE we are in CHRIST.
Discerning the heart and call to the place of true worship is one of the eye revelations the Spirit of the Lord is emphasizing in this season of watch. There’s a dangerous misconception in the body of Christ today, one that suggests God is most pleased with us when we come to Him in our brokenness, dysfunction, and inadequacy.
While it’s true that God meets us in our weakness, He does not desire for us to stay there. Worship is not an act of presenting our flaws to God as if they are the offering itself. No, true worship is the surrender of a life that has been given over to Him, a life that acknowledges its insufficiency but steps into the wholeness He provides.
The Error of Malachi’s Generation: Worship as an Afterthought
In Malachi, God rebuked the priests for offering defiled, broken sacrifices—lambs that were blind, lame, and diseased (Malachi 1:8). These were offerings they would never dare present to a human authority, yet they thought God would accept them. Why? Because their worship had become disconnected from His worth.
They assumed that any sacrifice, no matter how flawed, was enough. But God’s response was clear: "When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you?" (Malachi 1:8).
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By Isaiah-Phillips AkintolaTrue Worship is not about how broken we are, but about how COMPLETE we are in CHRIST.
Discerning the heart and call to the place of true worship is one of the eye revelations the Spirit of the Lord is emphasizing in this season of watch. There’s a dangerous misconception in the body of Christ today, one that suggests God is most pleased with us when we come to Him in our brokenness, dysfunction, and inadequacy.
While it’s true that God meets us in our weakness, He does not desire for us to stay there. Worship is not an act of presenting our flaws to God as if they are the offering itself. No, true worship is the surrender of a life that has been given over to Him, a life that acknowledges its insufficiency but steps into the wholeness He provides.
The Error of Malachi’s Generation: Worship as an Afterthought
In Malachi, God rebuked the priests for offering defiled, broken sacrifices—lambs that were blind, lame, and diseased (Malachi 1:8). These were offerings they would never dare present to a human authority, yet they thought God would accept them. Why? Because their worship had become disconnected from His worth.
They assumed that any sacrifice, no matter how flawed, was enough. But God’s response was clear: "When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you?" (Malachi 1:8).