Come As You Are

Ephesians 5:27
27that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

Have you been to a worship service where you stood with your hands raised, ready to worship God, only to hear the worship leader say, "Before we worship God, let's all search your hearts"? Then, as you search your heart, before long, you dig up something you don't like. The next thing you know, your hands are no longer raised and soon, you find yourself sitting down - you don't feel good worshipping God anymore!

My friend, I have good news for you. Come and worship Him as you are! Come into God's presence Jesus-conscious, forgiveness-conscious, grace-conscious. Come into God's presence bringing only Jesus the spotless Lamb of God as your offering.

Your worshipping God time is like the times God's people in the Old Testament brought their offerings to the priest. The priest examined the animal sacrifice to ensure that it was without blemish, God accepted the animal sacrifice as well as the offerer who brought the animal.
So when you come into God's presence, don't do any self-examination and be discouraged when you find sins in your discouraged when you find sins in your life. God does not examine you. Know that God sees you through the full value, and all the loveliness and acceptance of His Son. God sees you holy and without blemish!

Remember the woman who was referred to as a sinner, possibly a prostitute, who went to the house of the Pharisee who was hosting Jesus? (Luke 7:36-50). She wiped Jesus' feet with her hair. That was her act of worship.

She came to Him as she was. Yes, she knew that she had sinned, but she worshiped Jesus first because of who He was. She was Jesus-conscious. Then, she heard Jesus say, "Your sins are forgiven." (Luke 7:48). She received the forgiveness she needed from Him.
Whatever you need from the Saviour, come to Him as you are. Worship Him for who He is and then you will hear Him say, "Go your way. Your restoration has come. Your prosperity. is here. You are healed. You have been made whole!"