The Least of These…

“The one thing, on which we can all agree, is that God is with the vulnerable and poor. God is in the slums and in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them. 6,500 Africans are still dying every day of a preventable, treatable disease, for lack of drugs we can buy at any drug store. This is not about charity, this is about Justice and Equality.” –Bono

 

Everything…

Find Me Here

Speak To Me

I want to feel you

I need to hear you

You are the light.

That’s leading me

To the place where I find peace again.

You are the strength,

that keeps me walking.

You are the hope,

that keeps me trusting.

You are the light to my soul.

You are my purpose…you’re everything.

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?

Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

You calm the storms, and you give me rest.

You hold me in your hands, you won’t let me fall.

You steal my heart, and you take my breath away.

Would you take me in? Take me deeper now?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?

Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?

Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Cause you’re all I want,

You’re all I need

You’re everything,everything

You’re all I want

Your’re all I need

You’re everything, everything.

 

God as Consuming Fire…?

Exodus 24:17 TNIV Chapter
To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.

Deuteronomy 4:24 TNIV Chapter
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Hebrews 12:29 TNIV Chapter
for our “God is a consuming fire.”

 

God Alone

I was just thinking about the lyrics to David Crowder Band’s “You Alone” which talks about how God alone is our Father…How He alone is Good…How He alone is Savior….How because all of these things, “I am alive”. 

You are the only one I need
I bow all of me at Your feet
I worship You aloneYou have gven me more than
I could ever have wanted
And I want to give You my heart and my soulYou alone are Father
And You alone are good
You are alone are Savior
And You alone are God

I’m alive, I’m alive
I’m alive, I’m alive

I wonder right now if I really believe that…I mean really take it to heart.  If I believe that a relationship with God is all that I truly need, then wouldn’t all else pale in comparison?  Wouldn’t pain and joy be minimized by the realization that all is nothing without God?  Wouldn’t the successes and failures of this world be nothing more than mere trifles of the heart?  Wouldn’t the “fiery darts” of the evil one be almost laughable and easily deflected by our shield of faith in the One who loves us and whose grace is sufficient for us?  I just wonder how moving past the inellectual assent that God alone is my Father and moving on to really “TRUSTING” Him would change my life?  Would it change the world?  It just might!