Roy Van Der Westhuizen
Have you ever wondered, "What is the greatest thing that could happen right now?" Roy has asked this question many times. Although his answer has changed over the years it always comes back to one thing – to experience the presence of God. What a privilege and gift that we sometimes lose track of, to be able to experience God at all. The fact that God is not only willing, but wants to meet with us is something that should blow our minds every time we think about it. If we believe that God is available, accessible, it should move the deepest parts of us. It's with this attitude and heart posture that we should enter into worship. Instead of going to church with the attitude of receiving, Roy encouraged us all to enter into worship with a posture of giving. As David says in the Psalms bless the Lord oh my soul. In other words, we don't always feel like worshipping God. It is up to us to lead ourselves into "blessing the Lord". This is simply all God is after; for people to turn their hearts towards His, to seek him above all else. Roy took us to John 4 where Jesus says he is looking for worshippers. Roy points out that he wasn't looking for worship, but for worshippers. He concluded his message by encouraging all of us to worship God, to give him glory in praise, to turn our attention toward our friend and king simply because we love Him as opposed to what He can give us.
