Seeing everything in life as an opportunity to worship God!
I love this old hymn,How Great Thou Art, and how it invites our soul to sing and give expression to the worship we sense in our heart for the Lord Jesus Christ! I hope this devotional will inspire you to give expression to your worship through shouts of praise and songs of worship!
Have you forgotten? The greatness of your mighty God hasn’t been diminished in any way. He is still the One that completely removed our sinfulness before Him! It is His name that still drives out the enemy. He is still; healing, loving, forgiving, reconciling, regenerating lives for His glory, freeing captives, opening the eyes of the blind, etc. You and I were given the blessing of all of these things if we know Jesus to be our personal Savior! In these truths I truly do stand in awesome wonder. How about you?
Unfortunately, we live in a culture of abandonment. Way too many people are experiencing hurt and mistrust from parents who abandoned and mistreated them. This explains why so many have a hard time relying upon the Lord to be there through the hard times with them. I don’t know what pain you have had to endure throughout your life from being rejected, abandoned, and/or mistreated by someone you looked to and trusted, but I want you to know that the God of the Bible – the One true God – WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR ABANDON YOU (see Heb 13:5, John 14:8, Deut 31:6,8, Isa 43:2,5(a))! He will never run when things get hard. He will never reject your calls for help! He is always faithful to those who look to Him for deliverance. Do not let your experience with fallen humanity define your experience with a perfect Father! He loves you. No, wait, listen…..GOD LOVES YOU CHILD! Stand firm in that love, please!
So, I am not sure if there is an area of your life right now that you have not surrendered to the Lordship of Jesus, but I would like to invite you, even exhort you, to allow Jesus full and complete access and control of that area right now. Commit to the process of trusting Him with that area of your life, by faith, and looking to Him to rescue you from the unnecessary stress and frustration you will have to endure when you take it into your own hands.