Entering the Secret Place: How to Worship in Spirit and Truth
Entering the Secret Place I remember standing in the back of a sanctuary once, watching the lights dim and the fog machine start to puff out little clouds of atmosphere. The band was tight—I mean, they had the professional "shimmer" down to a science. The chords were right, the lyrics were theological enough, and everybody was clapping along. But as I stood there, I felt this strange, heavy grieving in my spirit. It wasn't that the music was bad; it was that the Holy Spirit had actually showed up in the room, but He was being largely ignored. He was standing in the aisle, so to speak, ready to heal and deliver, but the program was so rigid that there was no room for Him to move. People thought they were at a concert, looking for entertainment, while the Treasure of Heaven was right there under their noses, untapped. Maybe you’ve felt that same void. You go through the motions, you sing the songs, but your heart feels like it’s banging against a brass ceiling. You’re thi...