How Can I Let My Joy Out?

And I would ask like have you ever had a moment of joy like that? It's a moment where the happiness inside of you was so overwhelming you couldn't keep it in. Where you had to dance, or you had to shout, or you had to tell someone, or you had to go do something to outlet what was inside of you because the joy in you demanded to be gotten out. We've been in this series called Joyful, and throughout the series we've been saying this that true joy is deep rooted happiness anchored in God. And that followers of Jesus, because of what Jesus has done for us, should be the most joy filled people in the world, that we should be gushing forth with this. [00:35:49] (38 seconds)  #OverflowingJoy

When I clap and praise to God, it's my my soul coming out physically. Bodily movements are just the the natural expressions of that inward emotion, and and I'm not prescribing that everyone look the same in worship. Your spouse may clap while you quietly raise your hand, and like that's that's your offering at this stage in your journey, and that's it's beautiful and it's good because this isn't an all encompassing prescription for for worship to look the same. But I think biblically, the reality is is that joy is meant to be expressed, not suppressed. Joy is meant to come out. [01:06:26] (45 seconds)  #WorshipExpressed

He says, I was dancing before the Lord who chose me above your father and all his family. He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the Lord, so I celebrate before the Lord. And yes, I am willing to look even more foolish than this and even to be humiliated in my own eyes in order to worship God. David says, I have to praise like this because the joy in me has to come out of me. This is halal. Whatever it costs, whatever it makes me look like, whatever whatever it takes, I have to praise the lord. And this is the type of worship that God desires from his people. [00:52:53] (51 seconds)  #DanceBeforeTheLord

Now before we get the wrong idea on something, I wanna be clear. True worship doesn't come from the hands. It doesn't come from our voice. It doesn't come from our posture. True worship actually comes from the inner man, from the heart. And we can miss this in two ways. The first is someone may raise their hands in worship, they may clap and sing and have the most enthusiasm, but but they're really doing it to look spiritual. They're doing it to impress other people. Maybe like at home, their life is nothing like that, and yet when they come here, they put on a show, and I wanna tell you God, he's never honored by that. And then on the flip side, we we can miss it by you know sometimes refusing to raise our hands, refusing to clap, refusing to engage because we're afraid of what other people are thinking. God, he doesn't accept that worship either. [01:07:11] (45 seconds)  #WorshipFromTheHeart

But you know who does? God. Who who are you trying to be like? Who's your model for who you want to become? Who's your model for for manliness or womanliness? God is the example and it says in Zephaniah which we read a few minutes ago that he sings. He sings over his people. Over 50 times in scripture we're commanded to sing, and over 400 times singing is mentioned as a way of outletting joy. So the reality is is that worship and singing is not a masculine or a feminine issue, it's an obedience issue. It's it's will I let my heart be opened before God? Will I bring him the praise that he requires of me? [00:55:09] (71 seconds)  #WorshipIsObedience

Now to worship in spirit, it gives this idea that it's not measured by the external actions, it's measured by what's happening inside of us coming out. And then to worship in truth, Jesus is teaching that we need to worship according to the the truths of scripture. It's how God has revealed himself. We should worship God for who he is and what he's shown himself to be in scripture. And then on top of that, it means that we worship with honesty. Not with with performance or pretense, but it's just this pure praise flowing out of our soul to God because he's worthy of that. And this is the type of praise that God desires from you. [01:08:10] (41 seconds)  #WorshipInSpiritAndTruth

Not trying to get us to be reformed. I'm not trying to get us to be free will Baptist or evangelical or charismatic. That's not my goal in any way. My goal is to invite us to be biblical. To worship God how he has asked us to be worshiped asked to be worshiped. And the reality is is that God is giving us an outlet for our joy so that we don't snuff out the fire that the Holy Spirit sparks in us. I believe that when we outlet joy, it actually is a flywheel that continues to pour out more joy. So when I raise my hands, what's happening is it's my heart leaking out. [01:05:46] (41 seconds)  #BiblicalWorship

God gives us the opportunity to praise every single day in any way that we want, but the reality is that God is so serious about the joy of his followers. He gives us an outlet for that joy every single week, and it's this. It's the worship gathering. It's the worship service. It's the time when we gather together in a way to offer to God worship and praise, and when we come together God actually leads us and he says, I don't just want you to come and offer a little bit of praise and a little bit of joy, but I actually want you to offer it lavishly. I want you to to pour it out unreservedly. [00:51:17] (33 seconds)  #PourOutPraise

Now to worship in spirit, it gives this idea that it's not measured by the external actions, it's measured by what's happening inside of us coming out. And then to worship in truth, Jesus is teaching that we need to worship according to the truths of scripture. It's how God has revealed himself. We should worship God for who he is and what he's shown himself to be in scripture. And then on top of that, it means that we worship with honesty. Not with with performance or pretense, but it's just this pure praise flowing out of our soul to God because he's worthy of that. And this is the type of praise that God desires from you. [01:08:09] (41 seconds)

Now to worship in spirit, it gives this idea that it's not measured by the external actions, it's measured by what's happening inside of us coming out. And then to worship in truth, Jesus is teaching that we need to worship according to the truths of scripture. It's how God has revealed himself. We should worship God for who he is and what he's shown himself to be in scripture. And then on top of that, it means that we worship with honesty. Not with with performance or pretense, but it's just this pure praise flowing out of our soul to God because he's worthy of that. And this is the type of praise that God desires from you. [01:08:09] (41 seconds)

Now to worship in spirit, it gives this idea that it's not measured by the external actions, it's measured by what's happening inside of us coming out. And then to worship in truth, Jesus is teaching that we need to worship according to the truths of scripture. It's how God has revealed himself. We should worship God for who he is and what he's shown himself to be in scripture. And then on top of that, it means that we worship with honesty. Not with with performance or pretense, but it's just this pure praise flowing out of our soul to God because he's worthy of that. And this is the type of praise that God desires from you. [01:08:09] (41 seconds)

Now to worship in spirit, it gives this idea that it's not measured by the external actions, it's measured by what's happening inside of us coming out. And then to worship in truth, Jesus is teaching that we need to worship according to the truths of scripture. It's how God has revealed himself. We should worship God for who he is and what he's shown himself to be in scripture. And then on top of that, it means that we worship with honesty. Not with performance or pretense, but it's just this pure praise flowing out of our soul to God because he's worthy of that. And this is the type of praise that God desires from you. [01:08:09] (41 seconds)