You revive me, Lord. And all my deserts are rivers of joy. You are the treasure I could not afford. So I'll spend myself 'til I'm empty and poor--all for you. You revive me, Lord!
Worship is a beautiful thing. With every move, word, and decision that we make, our hearts have the opportunity to worship. We can either choose to worship the King of kings--Jesus or something or someone else. Everyone and everything other than Jesus will fall to the ground. They won't be able to sustain and fulfill our hearts. But worship to Jesus not only brings praise and joy and glory to the King, but an amazing thing happens. He not only receives, but he gives back 100-fold. He supplies our hearts with the overflowing love and joy that only He can give and then allows us to pour it back on Himself. What an amazing thing!!!!
Today, I heard an amazing statement: God offends the mind to reveal the heart. I realized that God will do whatever it takes to expose the dark to allow His light to shine. I believe that one of the beautiful things about worship is that it is always an overflow of the heart. And when we worship Jesus, He is so pure that he bolts through any obscurity or lie to reveal himself and his truth.
And so, at this juncture, I'm starting to see how my mind gets easily offended. But it is in these moments that Jesus is revealing my heart. He reveals what has been in my heart all along, but his jealous heart is so kind that he can't stand for me to remain there anymore. And so, he offends my mind and forces me to take a good look at what has been there all along. Oh, the sweet love and kindness of Jesus!
May our hearts and minds continually be revived, renewed, restored, and reconciled to Christ alone! May we worship Jesus alone and may his sweet Spirit come and have his way--for He is worth it!
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