THE WORSHIPER

The reason of our worship is to present ourselves before the creator through our life style; it is a way of living. The type of life you are living will show who you are worshiping. This is a time of discernment where you need to discern who you are, who is Jesus, who is the Holy Spirit and what are the gift of the Holly Spirit, What is the power of God and the presence of God. We need to discern so that we can get away from the world lifestyle. Until when you decide that, it is when you will become a partaker of the things of heaven.

You cannot worship God and still be torched by devil; you cannot worship God and still be torched by the environment. A worshiper cannot be killed by any size of army unless the one you worship has delivered you to them for His own purpose. The bible says don’t touch my anointed; the worshipers have been anointed to worship God because God is seeking them Himself and they are not the one seeking God. Lions could not do anything to Daniel because he was a worshiper. You have to be trusted by God because God is watching the worshipers where they go because wherever they go they go for a purpose.

Worshipers are real and not scornful because they know where they come from, where they are and where they are going. Worshipers don’t worship everywhere because they know where their home is. They are not looking for miracles but they are miracles themselves. When you know who you are, God will give you what you want. To be born again is a miracle because no one knows how it happen so stay where you are because you are the miracle yourself and you don’t have to chase them. First thank God for whom you are because you are a miracle already. Being in Efatha is a miracle and when God sees you know yourself He will be for you.

In 2 chronicles 20 we see how King Jehoshaphat recognise himself before God and God took the battle because he was a worshiper and God wanted them not to fight but continue to worship Him. God don’t fight your battle because you don’t live as a worshiper and you have been living like people of the world. Give thanks to God no matter what, let your mouth not curse or speak stupidly against God. The time you thank God is how He takes your battle.

Exodus 18:24-27 “So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did all that he had said. ²⁵ Moses chose able men from all Israel and appointed them as heads over the people, as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. ²⁶ And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to Moses, but any minor case they decided themselves. ²⁷ Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went off to his own country.”

We see the council of the man of God to the people of God. When you hear the council of God from the man of God do accordingly because that council is for your rescue. Moses did according to the council of his father in law, are you doing according to the council? No matter how you pray, if you don’t follow the council you will go nowhere.

Exodus 19:1-25 “On the third new moon after the Israelites had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came into the wilderness of Sinai. ² They had journeyed from Rephidim, entered the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there in front of the mountain. ³ Then Moses went up to God; the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the Israelites: ⁴ You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself....”

A good worshiper is the one who knows where he/she came from and what happened. It is not the way you see things but the way you understand what happened where you came from. It is only the wise who always want to know what happened. You have to know where Efatha start and what happened for you to be in Efatha and when you discover those things you will know where you are going.

God told Moses to tell people that He is the one who brought them from Egypt from the eagles’ wings. Why eagles’ wings? It means he was telling them that I carried you by the power of the Holy Spirit and through His guidance. He was telling them I took you there for you to be mine in unusual way.  

God told Moses that if they will hear His voice they will be the kingdom priest and the holy nation. If you hear and keep the covenant you will be the kingdom priest. The priest here means the righteous and the worshiper, the way of life of priest means priesthood but they will live as kings.  So if you hear the voice of the Lord you will live like a king and your lifestyle will be of priesthood and therefore you will never be poor and you and your people will be a holy nation.

From verse 10 we learn that the worshipers knows when to do what and where to do what and where to go and when. As God told Moses to take out his shoes, He also told Moses to sanctify the Israelites before getting closer to Him. It is good to make sure that when you are going before God you clean yourself physically and wear clean clothes.

God told Moses to tell people not to come closer because our God needs distance of honour and respect. He also need respect to the servants of God that is why He told Moses to tell people not to come closer to him for them not to hear what God is telling him. Learn to have respect to the servants of God and don’t get familiar spirit because you will die prematurely. When you respect that then you are preparing yourself for good and great things.

Exodus 20:1-24 “Then God spoke all these words:² I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; ³ you shall have no other gods before^[a] me.”

God started giving Moses the instruction which we call the Ten Commandments covering the following

• First commandment says I am the Lord your God, do not put anything to be your God. This means there is only one God
• Second commandment means do not call the name of the Lord while you are a hypocrite or a pretender. Remember Psalm 1:1- 3, only call the name of the Lord if you follow this verse
• Third commandment is about honouring the day of rest. This is the day we call a day of worship. To us the new covenant we use the day we celebrate the victory of Jesus as the day of rest and worship. Israelites celebrated on Sabbath because it was the day they came out from Egypt but for us we came out the day Jesus come out of the tomb. We don’t celebrate the day but the act of victory. On Saturday Jesus was in the tomb and there was nothing to celebrate on that day so remember the day of victory
• Fourth commandment is where there is the promise unlike in all other commandments. God wants you to prosper that is why the first three commandments are for God’s benefit but the fourth is for your benefit. If you miss this commandment you will benefit nothing because God looks at this to bless you even when you do all the first three. There are two groups of parents, the spiritual presenting God and the biological which present generation, so you will be blessed when you honour them. If your biological parents are no more, then honour your spiritual one because the spiritual parents can represent both parents
• The fifth to ninth commandments are for benefiting other people in your community and they tell you how to live with the community of God peacefully  
• The last commandment  tells you not to go to other gods

At the end we see God telling them that when they will do all the commandments they should go to a place of worship together with their offerings. When you do the Ten Commandments then go somewhere to worship Him through your offerings. So worship means giving and it is only the righteous one that follows the commands are allowed to give offerings. When you follow the commandment is when you are called a worshiper.

By Servant of God Apostle and Prophet Josephat Elias Mwingira, Efatha Church.

A Month of Prayer and Fasting