I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice
To worship You, Oh, my soul, rejoice!
Take joy my King, in what you hear
Let it be a sweet, sweet sound
In Your ear!
I exalt thee! I exalt thee! I exalt thee!
Oh Lord!
I exalt thee! I exalt thee! I exalt thee!
Oh Lord!
You know as I sung
this song to the Lord this morning, what came to heart was that our life is to
be a continual song before the Lord! Not just when we sing along in a church
service, or sing along to a praise song on the radio.
Though we can find
praise and be inspired to worship daily through these times, Ephesians 5:19
(AMP) says to, “Speak out to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, offering praise with voices [and instruments] and making melody with all
your heart to the Lord,” What that means is we should get to a place so much so
in the Lord that our heart is founded within a well or source of peace in
knowing that our Lord is enough to meet all of our needs ALL BY Himself. Where the joy we experience is
not based on some outward circumstances. You will never find JOY that way. That
is actually called happiness! And happiness at its best is a temporary high- if
that!
But when our lives are drawing from a greater source found in
communion with the Lord and His Word THAT brings true JOY! This world cannot offer
to us what is intended to only be received from our heavenly Father. He alone provides
that security and source of fulfillment, and when we yield to the Lord in the
midst of our circumstances whether good or bad and offer to Him a song of love,
a song of joy, a song of praise despite our circumstances we experience a great
blessing. Because what we offer to the Lord is not dependent on what we see circumstantially outside of us, but more so what we know He has promised from inside His Word!
When our heart is hid in God, we can find rest in our soul through our trust in the Lord. We must, however, worship Him over worry, we must put faith in Him over fear, we must decide for Him over distraction, doubt, and disbelief. And then we can know and
come to experience that blessing of rest in the Lord every day, when we make this conscious choice! It is up to us!
Psalms 28:6, 7 states, “The Lord is My Strength…6Blessed be
the LORD, because He has heard the voice of my supplication. 7 The LORD is my
strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my
heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. 8 The LORD is their strength;
And He is a saving defense to His anointed.…”
I want to encourage you today. Seek the Lord in worship and song. Choose to trust, and find rest for your soul!
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