“Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.”
When we feed on God’s word it becomes the weight and the substance of who we are. Our words too can then carry weight and we can create the temples in the wastelands for others sojourning in this place.
Our words can become the music of praise and the song that is released irrespective of the circumstances that we are in.
Exalting in prayer tongues and songs is praise and we can speak out of His goodness to all who are in front of us.
Our worship is always ultimately to an audience of One.
Sacrifice is not conditional. Worship is not circumstantial. When we are in the darkest place, down to the last penny, in the place of heartbreak or despair there is even more value in our worship and it is where heaven meets earth most dramatically to change culture and hearts.
“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,”
Jesus is worthy of it all and seen even clearer for His beauty and worth.
Our lives are a part within an eternal story line.
We should not have to rely upon a worship leader to take us to this place just when we attend our Sunday church service. We should take ourselves to this vulnerable place daily. Meeting with Jesus is our responsibility no one else’s.
We are all worship leaders. We are all the houses of worship within the wilderness.
We are not awaiting God to show up. He is already here. We have to burn the flame always and fan it up in an instance to use and reveal what dwells within us. We have to remain primed and ready to go.
“Your will be done “
We have to harvest in any season while we are in it and therefore not waste what we are in the middle of.
Worship every season whatever the cost. Always go for more knowing God is good.
Worship is sacrificial more so when we are in moments of pain and is a tactic of warfare against an enemy.
Our heart must be to spend our everything to pour out as Mary did the perfume from the alabaster jar and still not think it enough and so adds tears and hair into the worship. There is no cost too high.
He is always worth more.
Our heart must be in Him alone. Not for any reward or promise that we can receive from Him. Will we continue our worship if some of our answers appear to be a “no” ?
“Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.”
Are we ready to tirelessly sing “Holy” for eternity however costly, however long we wait?
We are but the vessel of clay made to be His home. We are the temple for His dwelling place. Home is where the heart is. I am Yours.
The illustration shows us as the clay jars and temples of the Holy Spirit of Christ. Our praise reaching out as salt and light in the wilderness. Emanating light that pushes back the darkness.
Four Scriptures that come to mind:
“Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16 ESV
“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,”. 2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV
“Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.”John 6:26 ESV
“And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” Revelation 4:8 ESV
The song. Worthy Of It All. Bethany Wohrle
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