You are too religious ......It doesn't take all that.

This may be a phrase you may have heard in the world of "religion".  The context speaks of someone's actions when "Praising God" it often refers to displays or the “BIG SHOWS “people give when they are "moved by God or the Holy spirit”.   Realistically many hear this and think that these people are so connected to the Most High when it is just the opposite.  In truth most of  them are what scripture refers to as lukewarm.  This is because there is a half hearted connection to the Most High and their spirits are more in sync to what the world has told them what "religion" is.   They have settled in this think so will not search out the Father in truth.  Therefore they're not any different from the world in their pursuit of the Most High. He has very high standards for those who are His and if you are moving in Him you will know that.  He requires repentance and IF this is so when we chose Abba we can be made new in Him.   We walk in Him in every way so that we are not comfortable in the misguided teachings of Him, that the world sells.  

    

When we move in this and leave the world for Him we understand that this phrase is true.  What is wrong is that is has been applied in the wrong way which of no surprise be it is the norm by those who claim to be instructed in His word.   Who claim to belong to the Father alone but do not keep His laws and statutes.  So that being said, there are very few that really understand the peace of being fully the Father's child.  This is because they are  immersed in this world's churches that are about man and not the Most High the author of all.   

Although services vary they require that you be led by someone that in all honesty knows the power or the Father but denies Him.  They have been placed in that very position to do just that.  Their doing so is for prosperity and gain in this world, they are in it for self.  They will never tell you the truth of who He is or introduce Him properly because the truth is not popular nor profitable.  This is why we are told to know them by their fruits.  There different levels of deception because the truth of the Most High was corrupted thousands of years ago by those who wanted the offerings of the fallen over the promises of Abba.

So you may here show out if you belong to "god" or I need a runner, then someone runs up and down the isles.  Someone is shouting as though possessed speaking in tongues acting outside of how the word says in the spirits that have been ushered.   Then there are those who spirits will be provoked enough to go into shaking, convulsing and falling out.  Now there are times when these experiences are real and as you row you will know the difference.  These scenes in many services today look out of order unlike those we read of in scripture.  It really looks like fans at a football, basketball or baseball game.  How??  The director pulls on the crowds spirits in the same way fans are hyped up by music and lights, etc.  You ask the average church person and they will tell you that they were moved by the spirit  and so will the avid painted faced fan at the game.  So we need to examine this and ask why do you see the same acts in such "vastly" different venues? 

How can the Most High’s place of worship mirror the world??? It can’t we are told this in reading 

Matthew 6:1-8¹ Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.² Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.³ But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:⁴ That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.⁸ Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

So the assembly is supposed to show Abbas' glory; so how does this “energy” and these gestures whether it be screaming uncontrollably, fighting or like behavior exist at both places.   Well really it is because these spirits are the same.  They are moved by the entertainer and it soothes the individual’s spirit until the next time a dose is needed.  Ironically this seems to be the once a week you see when people go to church or take in a game.  They can get there dose via television or by going to venue.   A few churches even throw in celebrities like sports events to really pull on the people.   The grander the facilities are the greater the crowd and the performance.  Why because we are told the bigger a thing the better it is, hence the Bentleys and the fancy suits.  So many will even seek out these types of churches in some cases because it "ensure" the performer is blessed.  So in giving thought to this what does your walk in the Most High look like?? Is it simple in stable and consistent in the Father or is it all the pomp?? Does it mirror the walk of our Savior our does it look like just another coliseum that pumps up the masses that are connected to this fallen world.

So the answer is …….Yes!!!!  It does take all that but not in the way you think.  What does it take for one to have a true relationship with Abba???   HONESTY…….it takes you opening up and being honest about how wretched and tore up you are!!!!!   Then it takes submitting to Him totally by keeping His commandments and in doing so it doesn't grieve you.  Your all goes into Him consistently so that He can make you a new.  This will bring the energy so many seek in the ways we have talked about; but the spirit in you will not look like the world but be a reflection of who is His and who's you are.