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Hey! My daughter is 4th months old today, it’s my last day of the 30 Day Shred, and these are the songs for Kingsfield Church this week (although not necessarily in these arrangements)! What a day.
Everlasting God – Lincoln Brewster – Let The Praises Ring – The Best Of Lincoln Brewster
Hallelujah Jesus – Evan Wickham – Mysterious Things
Revelation Song – Kim Walker-Smith – Consumed
Glory To God Forever – Fee – Hope Rising
Our little girl is almost 4 months old now. We have had some good times and some bad times when it comes to putting her to bed. Sometimes we have multiple times in one night. But the one thing that stays the same every night is that my wife and I want to help her rest, eat and sleep.
As I was putting her to bed last night the thought occurred to me. We are just like my little girl. Our loving Daddy, God, wants us to rest in Him. But just like my her we fight and squirm and try to get away. Sometimes we just don’t feel worthy of it. Other times we think we know how to do it on our own. Or we just want to do something else. But no matter what the situation is, Daddy knows what’s best for us. He knows we need to rest in Him and when we don’t we suffer.
Don’t you know he enjoys giving rest to those he loves?
Psalm 127:2
Are you tired? Worn out? Hurting? Wanting? Rest in your Daddy’s arms. Don’t worry. He wants you to.
You know that one song that you just love? The one that when you hear it makes you feel like you are just so close to God? Sometimes it’s just so easy to worship Him! But what about that one song that you just can’t stand. Yeah, it’s about God and Jesus and stuff, the words are real spiritual, but you just can’t worship to it. Sometimes it’s just difficult. The feelings aren’t there and it would just be forced, right?
So many times we spend our days just living our lives. We just go about our normal lives and wait until Sunday provides (or doesn’t provide) that perfect opportunity for us to be able to worship God. I know, I hear you. The chorus after the bridge of that song is so powerful that you can’t help but worship! That’s good but we are still leaving out a major chunk of our lives. Paul tries to make us understand in Romans.
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.
Romans 12:1
We are told to live our everyday lives for God. That is worship. Not just our sing church songs-pass the offering plate-listen to a sermon-everyweek Sunday. Worship is far more than just the time that your bulletin has listed under the “Worship” category. Well, maybe that’s all it is for you, but it should be our lives. We have to make the choice to worship God in all we do. When we only worship because it feels right, we are aren’t following the Biblical instruction we are given in Romans.
Worshipping is an attitude. It’s not based on feelings. If our feelings were the key ingredient then there would be nothing wrong with not worshipping God when we don’t feel like it. But according to Romans, even when we don’t feel like it we should be worshipping. We shouldn’t worship just to our favorite song. It’s great if a song makes you feel closer to God or gets your emotions going because of who He is or what He has done, but if that’s all our worship is, then it is shallow and not truly honoring Him.
This week I’m gonna try to worship God with my whole life and not just the convenient, mountain top, camp high or planned “worship” times. When Sunday rolls around and your church plays that song that just aren’t feeling, remember that worship is more than a feeling. It is a choice. Choose to worship God for who He is and not for how you feel.
As I was reading through the book of Acts I came across a verse that stood out to me. Paul was going through some rough times but he wasn’t about to give up. Then in a dream God spoke to him and encouraged him.
One night the Master spoke to Paul in a dream: “Keep it up, and don’t let anyone intimidate or silence you. No matter what happens, I’m with you and no one is going to be able to hurt you. You have no idea how many people I have on my side in this city.” That was all he needed to stick it out.
~ Acts 18:9-11
I wonder how many people need to hear that verse today. Take heart in that. God is with you. He will give your strength. There is more going for you than you know.
Thank Him for that today and keep it up! Don’t give up on your city/friends/family/work!
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