God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow ... And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:9-11

Monday, April 16, 2007

Here's a song I found about the Lord's cry to his bride:

Whatever You Do, Do it from the Heart Unto the Lord


One of the things that has helped me more than anything else in everyday life is to do whatever I do from the heart unto the Lord. It changes everything when you learn to practice this.

Whatever our circumstances are, if we will include that in our ways when we do things, it has a way of changing whatever it is we're doing without more effort.

But even the benefits it can have for others pales in comparison to the reality that we have been created from, for and to Him. To do this can become as simple as breathing. Eventually you really don't think about it, you simply live from Him, and from out of your heart give back to Him whatever it is he's given you.

Many times this includes things in relationship to people. It can make a tremendous difference when we relate to others and serve them in any way that is the same way that we would relate or serve the Lord.

There is nothing we can strive or work for here, we just open our hearts and give them to Him, and then from His heart give it back to whoever we are able to at the time.

It's a life-changing experience that we can all partake of as we walk in Him together; not only those we touch, but ourselves as well.

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Our Hearts Need to be Always Open to Him

Sharing the life of Christ together takes a lot of humility and brokeness, things that can only come from the Lord. Yet it is a heart after God that enables us to open up to Him doing this work within us, and living His life through us.

A willingness to take everything as coming from the hand of God is one of the attributes that come along with this.

What this does is keep our hearts open before God and with one another. A hard heart is possibly the greatest enemy against our allowing Him to live His life within and through us.

One of the jobs we have as the people of God is to continually remind and watch out for one another that hardness and bitterness doesn't enter within us and find a home. It can devastate everything that the Lord wants to do within us if we resist Him.

All we can do is continually be open before Him whether it is painful, joyful, happy or sad. As long as He is there with us - which He is - nothing else really matters. That He is there is enough.

He is more than willing and able to renew a right heart and spirit within us. Just trust that He will, and leave it in His hands.