So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don't have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way he loves us...
The David Crowder band had apparently felt uncomfortable with the phrase, "sloppy wet kiss," and changed the phrase to, "unforeseen" kiss, an act which I communicated to be unfortunate. At that point, a really close minister friend of mine jumped in and expressed his personal hesitation on the use of the term "kiss" when referring to an act of God toward his bride, be it "sloppy wet," "unforeseen," or "eskimo" for that matter! He just couldn't wrap his male mind around the concept. (Bendito) ;-)
My whole point regarding the lyric change was that the term "unforeseen" does not relate the same sentiment as "sloppy wet." The first term addresses the idea of expectation, whereas the latter refers to passion. And passion is essentially what true worship is all about.
When commenting on the matter of worship to the Samaritan woman in John chapter 4, Jesus tells her,
22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
You see, like many of us, this woman THOUGHT she was worshiping God. Truth is, she did not have the vaguest idea as to how to properly worship. He goes on to clarify the point by saying,
23 "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
When Jesus uses the phrase that we are to worship the Father in "spirit and in truth," he doesn't go on to give us specific instructions on how we are supposed to do this. What he more specifically points out is how we are NOT supposed to worship God' - in the flesh. Most of the things that we do as human beings we do in the flesh (brushing our teeth, going to work, etc.). What we are apparently not to do in the flesh, human or not, is worship God.
True worship transcends physical boundaries and definitions. It necessitates passionate abandon. Just like David abandoned himself in adoration as he brought the Ark of the Covenant back into Judah despite the bitter criticism of those closest to him, we likewise must loosen up enough to actually abandon our mental reservations in order to open ourselves to the free flow of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit that ultimately provides us with the freedom to spiritually enter into God's innermost chambers and to produce what can adequately be called true worship. This worship then contextually permeates our earthly lives, as we offer up our bodies as a living sacrifices.
We can worship with our minds and lips and yet have hearts that are far from God. True worship, in a sense, is miraculous. When executed to our Lord's liking, we can fully expect that He will reciprocate by "kissing" His bride, and it will probably be a big fat, sloppy, wet one!
Luv you,
Pastor Mario
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