July 19, 2010
“Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
who turned the rock into a pool,
the hard rock into springs of water.”
Psalm 114:7-8
I sat there tonight at worship and at first it was hard for me to be focused. I was so focused on what flaws I saw in the worship team that I could not quiet my soul to worship God at my best. I was so into what I thought was wrong that I could not let God speak to me. I was closing up because I was upset…because my God…he deserved better than what they were giving him. He deserved better than their straight up hipster worship. I caught myself in all of this when it hit me…he deserved better from me. He deserved my entire all…all of my being to be in this act of worship to him. Not just a part of me, but all of me.
As we stood there, praising, God showed me this passage, Psalm 114:7-8. TREMBLE O earth, at the PRESENCE OF THE LORD. TREMBLE. This is a beautiful thing. God is that awesome. He is that powerful, that we are supposed to TREMBLE in his presence. He is so big and so great that we have this fear, this beautiful fear that comes upon us when we worship him. That is so awesome. This got my heart prepared for what was talked about tonight at Fire Circle. We sat there and Jonathan spoke about how great God is. He spoke about how God is our director, but he is not the director who just stands at the side and tells us what to do, he comes into our drama. He is doing this whole thing with us. He is living and he is active in our lives. He is walking through this with us. That is awesome. He pointed out that God created us because he wants to use us. He created us because he cares about us. If he made us, then we made it. If he made us, then we are living for the purpose of God. He would have not made us if he did not want us. He wants us and he wants all of us. He wants us to develop this deep passion for him. He wants us to fall more and more in love with him each day. Because he made us and he wants us, we need to be humble and live our lives how God wants us to do.

July 20, 2010

“The fullness of your grace is here with me
The richness of your beauty is all I see
The brightness of you glory has arrived
In your presence God, I’m completely satisfied.
For you I sing, I dance
Rejoice in this divine romance
Lift my heart, lift my hands to show you my love…
To show you my love.”
Divine Romance – Phil Wickham