Tuesday, March 13, 2012

We give You all the the glory...

It's crazy how hectic life can become and how I can become distracted as a result.  Over the past days, I really have come to see how my complete motivation in life is to worship Jesus Christ, my Lord.  I feel like sometimes my motives in ministry/missions are too often replaced with less-worthy goals.  I must keep coming back to worship.


As if on cue, last week my church hosted a huge worship conference.  I was able to see Phil Wickham in concert for the second time.  I also went on to my church's big worship night the next evening.  It was much needed.  I needed to lift my eyes away from the world and look to Christ.  I am realizing how much I desperately need this sweet communion with my Savior, this beautiful time worshipping Him on a regular basis.


Phil's song "Shining" really touched my heart.  The lyrics really speak of my thoughts:


"God, shining like the sun
Let your kingdom come
I want to be with You in Your presence
I'm here to bring you praise
You take my breath away
And now I'm here with You in Your presence."


I want God's kingdom to come.  I just want to be with Him.  I desire for all my actions to be reflective of my worship of Him.  I want my missions to come from my worship, as it says in the first chapter of Piper's Let the Nations be Glad.  God really does take my breath away when I think about who He is and what He has done.  He's sovereign and loving and just and good. He's shining.  He deserves ALL the glory.

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