For several weeks this song has been in my spirit and I have just wanted to sing and worship the King of Kings. There is a joy that rises up as I sing to the Lord and worship Him. There is a freedom to dance, sing and pray as this song plays.
When our church has worship it is wonderful, and they allow the Spirit to kick in and the Lord leads the team to do an unplanned song and when it's one most of us know - eyes are closed, hands are lifted or maybe people are on their knees, but we are singing from out hearts, from our spirit because we don't have to concentrate on the words------oh how sweet that is, how wonderful is the aroma presence of God during those times. I think this is one of those songs for me, where I can just let go and kneel before God.
However, I find I want to sing the 'Bless the Lord o my soul worship His Holy Name. Sing like never before O my soul I'll worship Your Holy Name' ......over and over and over. I want to bless the Lord, I want Him to know how thankful I am for His great sacrifice, His amazing love, His forgiveness, His provision, His correction and His strength to overcome and have a testimony of the Truth of His Word.
What does it mean to bless the Lord? The Hebrew word means to 'kneel down'. So as I kneel down before the Lord, in surrender, being awestruck by His presence and power, surrendering my all to Him - I am blessing Him. I believe my spirit can kneel down before Him while I'm standing with my arms are lifted high. He knows my heart, He knows if my spirit is in tune with His Spirit. I am telling Him - here I am, send me - I'm Your servant, show me the way.
For me to lose myself in worship, in praise to the Creator is an experience that is hard to explain, but once you've experienced it you want more and more and God inhabits our praise.(Psalm 22:3)
After a time of truly focusing on God in this way, I find answers will come, direction will come and sometimes something I need to release is revealed to me and I believe, He waits to see what I will do - do I really believe through His strength I can overcome whatever it is or am I really living in forgiveness....then why didn't I talk to the person I said I've forgiven? Will I still praise Him?
I hope I always will-I believe I always will - because no matter what I face or He wants me to change.....I belong to Him, never will He forsake me.
I wonder if God doesn't give me certain songs to strengthen my spirit when a time of testing is coming. I wonder if God doesn't give me certain songs to help me in my praise and surrender to Him even in the good times. In either situation it would be easy to get my eyes off of God. So I'm grateful He fills me up with songs, dance and prayers that will bless Him.
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