Experience

Last week we talked about the first word in the Wedgworship purpose statement...exalt. This week we discuss the other "EX" word in that statement...Experience. Most are very familiar with Henry Blackaby's "Experiencing God" study. Blackaby points out in many ways in this study that we can talk about the Lord all we want, but until we come to the place of experiencing Him, our understanding of Him is short-sided at best.

Experience by definition means: "something personally encountered, undergone, or lived through." That is quite a definition when it comes to our purpose statement.

I taught a new song to our congregation several months ago. It is called "Encounter." The chorus of the song simply says, "I long to encounter You, I long to encounter You in this place."

So what does this mean in the light of statement? We are to exalt Christ in such a way that moves all that are present to a place of choice. A place of choice? Yes... as much as I would like for everyone in the sound of our voices to be moved to encounter Him, there are those, that for some reason or another, will not be moved to that place. The calling we have as Wedgworship is to exalt Him to that place of experience.

Before I go on to the next "EX" word, I will use next week to give you three basic ways we can exalt Christ to lead others and ourselves to experience Him.

Love you,
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