Louder than Creation to You

Hey, sometimes, everything doesn’t go the way you planned. sometimes, it all doesn’t fall perfectly in place. sometimes people aren’t all pleased. and yet, all the times, God is gracious, faithful, and worth all our praise. Do you ever really think about the words on the screen?

“i will give you all my worship, i will give you all my praise.” will u? what about the times you worship your school work? your schedule? your relationships? your fill in the blank? That’s the thing about Christianity, is that it always makes you a hypocrite. you are always aspiring to something un aspirable. I don’t believe it means you should not sing the song. I think the moment in the song is to remind you of the times you are a liar. So that you can more readily notice it. I think that line is a reminder of how things should be and how your heart should be aligned and what you should strive for. Falling short is the name of the game. learning not to give up or to never stop pursuing God with all you have is the only answer for over coming your hypocrisy.

“i want to be holy, like you are.” all the time? what does that look like? This is another good place to aspire too, though I’m not sure it is possible. There’s definitely a part of me that believes we should never grow weary of singing you are holy to God. it is the essence of who he is and what separates us. It is the one sentence that might sum up the gospel and remind us daily.

“they don’t know the price, you paid for my life, the sacrifice you made…let me sing…” How often do we recall the price Christ paid for us? daily? weekly? monthly? How often do we reflect on what the price is? is that evident while we are singing? sacrifice is the name of the game as well. If we remember Christ’s sacrifice, how little to the things we need to give up become? what about the phrase, let me sing? how awesome is that. such a short phrase, but very powerful, don’t miss it next time. That is the essence of sunday morning you-are-tired-and-groggy-so-not-totally-in-to-worship-God-understands. Worship is easy and great when you are in the mood. but let’s be real a lot of the times we aren’t. our fault? completely. who are we to be so moody that God comes second? He only commands it and reminds us how worthy he is all the time. In the middle of being moody and not knowing how to worship, the phrase “let me sing” becomes so powerful. It is like asking God for help. God let me sing to you, let me give you all i have, let me find the energy and strength to give this up, let me….let me is a powerful line to say to God. you want God to empower you. He likes that. don’t be afraid to say let me. Give God the glory by asking for Him to do something real and un-expecting in your life.

“the cry of my heart, is to bring you praise, from the inside out lord my soul cries out…everlasting” Does your heart cry? How about your Soul? More importantly, have you let God break you down to the point of your heart and soul crying out to Him because you have nothing left? Find ways to let the cry of your heart be to bring God praise. i really think you will be set free and find more and more ways to serve the kingdom when your heart sings like that…

• I will give you all my worship :: David Ruis
• Wholly Yours :: David Crowder
• Let me Sing :: Todd Fields
• From the Inside Out :: Hillsong United
• I will never lose the wonder :: Tim Hughes
• Yesterday, Today and Forever :: Vicky Beeching

I yearn for myself and for everyone who has ever come to ACF and ever will that these words are no longer words on a screen. I pray you can find ways to make it more than that. That you don’t need the screen to experience the living God. Lose yourself in worship, true, genuine worship. You don’t need the band, the screen or anyone around you. God is waiting for all of ACF to let go. For us to cry out with one heart for Him to let us sing.

“I will never lose the wonder of, the blood you shed for me…”