I guess it’s been a few years since I unmistakably heard the voice of the Lord deep within my spirit, that as the sound of worship rises from the earth...and the hearts of ordinary men and women are challenged to the core to change and to truly be the hands and feet of Christ, well, so is the grand responsibility being made aware to our hearts for the broken and seemingly forgotten.
1 Cor 13 talks about the power of a heart that is motivated by love and what it is truly capable of....
Psalm 149 talks about the true worshippers, with the high praises of God in our mouths AND a two-edged sword in our hand...valiantly praising a pathway through life that leads to true and complete freedom...
Isaiah 61:11 ’For as surely as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it spring forth, so surely the Lord God will cause righteousness and justice and praise to spring forth before all the Nations.....
Through the love of Christ we are changed..... we who hunger after Him MUST be experiencing change in our hearts... BUT FOR WHAT??
Jesus, at the well in John 4:24, when speaking about spirit and truth worshippers, was more interested in the life of a broken woman, and her journey of wholeness, than with his own reputation...and her story continues to bring freedom to her entire town in the very next chapter.
To be known as leaders in the realm of worship and praise, creative expression on any level... and yet not be known for the love in our hearts, is a great tragedy too great to express. Making sure you create room in your heart for passions other than your fulfilment or your own needs is pretty much where it is at... and as passion fuels it all, lets talk about your passions for one moment.
A life void of passion is grey, dull, boring, and certainly doesn’t represent life... but when your passions are misdirected, they can get you into trouble.
A passion for something which does not belong to you or ever should...will drive you to complete distraction and frustration...and to the extreme end, will only cause great anguish and heartache.
