The music in church today is beautiful. The congregants are singing worship to the Lord. I feel His presence in a mighty way in this place. I am home. It is Sunday. The family is gathered together, all my brothers and sisters in Christ, and we are visiting our Father's house. How blessed I am! I love the Lord so much, so much so that there are no words to describe my love for Him.
Being here among Brethren, soothes me. It's a beautiful time. There are moments of great blessing and one of those moments I treasure is the moment that the church service comes to that pleasant pause, when we are all in one accord and of one mindset. When we are all just worshipping Him and everything around us fades.
It's that point, that time and place, when we are so thankful and feel so loved that it's as if we are floating on air and we are right before His very throne. The pews are gone, the other worshippers praises fade, and it's just you and God.
How wonderful! During this time, I often sing this song that best describes how I feel in those very moments of worshipping pause. I don't remember who sings it but I hear it often playing on my hubby's laptop.
"I love You Lord,
And I lift my voice.
To worship You, O my soul rejoice
Take joy my King
In what You hear
Let it be a sweet, sweet sound
In Your Ear
I love you Lord
I love You, love You Lord
I love You Lord because You first loved me..."
I love my Lord so much, that whenever I do what is not right, I ache at the thought that I have disappointed Him.
Paul says in Romans seven, verse fifteen.."I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do."
I want to live for Christ, but like Paul and many others I am stumped when I do what I don't want to do. When I hurt The Lord, when I don't want to hurt Him but what I want to do is live one hundred percent for Christ and yet I don't.
How can I still say, "I love you Lord"? Well, because He STILL loves me, He is ever faithful, even when I am not.
He is merciful and lovingly kind, so much so, that when I come to Him with a pure and sincere heart, a heart in genuine anguish for disappointing Him, and ask for His forgiveness, yet again, He allows me to be at His feet and ask for forgiveness and receive it, receive it with a love that is pure, perfect, a love like no other.
"I love You Lord, and I lift my voice..."
I lift my voice in praise to Him, I lift my voice to glorify Him, I lift my voice to cry out for His forgiveness, a forgiveness so willingly given when the remorse is sincere. I lift my voice and cry tears of joy because of His love for me and the gift of salvation and because one day I will see Him face to face. I lift my voice and praise Him because I know He is waiting for me and preparing a place for me.
In John chapter fourteen and verse two, Jesus, my savior, says, "In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
"...To worship You, o my soul rejoice,"
My soul is filled with joy when I worship Him. I rejoice in Him and in all that He is.
"...Take joy my King, in what You hear,"
Every praise I offer to Him, every song that I sing for Him, every word that I speak for Him, every phrase that I write down for Him, I truly desire for it to bring Him, Him, Him, JOY! It's all about Him. It's all about me pleasing Him, loving Him, worshipping Him. glorifying Him. I want Him to be happy with everything He hears coming out of my mouth and written down by my hand. Take joy, my King, in What You hear, and let it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear."
I love You Lord
