Delighting
in Truth in His Word
Do you
think about the songs you sing in your church, or on the radio? Do you sing
what you mean and mean what you sing? Or is it just a catchy tune and fun to
do?
I can’t
get enough time with the Lord lately it seems, I try to spend time walking and
talking, reading and praying but it never seems to be enough to keep my heart
calm, my mind from wandering to the next item on my list and rarely enough
peace to pass the turmoil of life around me.
In church this week we sang a song that said we can’t get enough of God
our Savior, and I could really relate to that, but then again it made me think;
is it God I can’t get enough of or the rest of the ‘stuff’ I just listed?What do I want from God?
Trust in the Lord, and
do good; dwell in the land, and
feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and
He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:3-4
Can I honestly say I am
trusting in the Lord and doing good? I do not always do good, but I do desire
to feed on His faithfulness!
There is an old Chorus we
used to sing that went something like this; “I delight to do your will O’Lord,
I delight to do Your will… and to walk with thee is not grievous to me I
delight to do your will… This is my
heart’s desire today is to do His will in all that I do. This includes when I
sing praise and worship songs; they are sung as unto the Lord so I sing them
from my heart in spirit and in truth.
For they that worship Him
must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
You worship what you do not know; we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But
the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the
Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit,
and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:22-24
When we
worship we must give over our selfish desires of ‘fun church worship service’
and really enter in to prayer and worship otherwise we are only half there. If
I lift my hands just because the worship leader says to, I am not worshiping in
spirit and in truth. I am worshiping in the flesh, though obedient to the
leadership I am not truly worshiping unless I feel lead to lift my hands in
worship and praise Him from my heart as well.
It is my
desire to worship in truth; to lift my hands because I truly want to, to think
of Him and His goodness, to seek His face not the face of the one next to me or
the person on the platform; when I worship Him in truth, all else will fade
away.
Our
attitudes can influence us so easily as well; then we are not worshiping in
Spirit and in truth. We need to put aside the things that hinder us; the
people, the volume, the type of music we hear; and focus on Jesus, seek His
face in worship.
Our lives
are a tool of worship as well, when we walk according to His will, doing what
He would have us do instead of what is comfortable to us or what looks like
fun, then we are worshiping Him in spirit and in truth as well!
Lord let
me be an instrument unto thee, and instrument of praise! Let me worship You in
all that I do by showing others around me that I am following Your lead, The
younger Christians around you will see you worshiping, though our focus is not
on this we must know that we are leading them. If we are just dancing for the
fun of it then we are not being a good example. If we are living life for our
selves and not for the will of God in our lives then we are not worshiping in
truth. We are fooling ourselves if we think this is true.
Lets try this
week to focus on being truthful with ourselves, to look up in the Word to find
the things we need to know that will strengthen our walk and resolve to walk in
Truth in the Word. Let’s look for the
keys to the kingdom and walk in His will as we study the Bible , our Word of
God.
Then as
we walk it out, we will be worshiping in truth, and as we fellowship with Him
via the Holy Spirit within is we will be worshiping in Spirit and in truth!
Thank You
heavenly Father for allowing Your Holy Spirit to dwell within us and guide us
in worship. Help us to mean what we say, sing and live that we may live in
Truth. In Jesus name, amen.
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