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August 7th, 2009I’ve been preparing to introduce a new song to the church by reading Psalm 9:1-2 and the verses have really captivated my heart.
Psalm 9:1-2 (ESV)
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
I don’t think about my relationship with God in terms like this as much as I would like to. I want to live in response to the glorious worth of God and the mercy He has poured out on me with urgent, humble gratitude. I’m pretty sure God was really talking to me because as I meditated on it, a whole bunch of other verses flooded my mind.
Psalm 86:11 (NIV)
Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV)
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Mark 12:30 (ESV)
“‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’”
Mark 7:6-7 (ESV)
…’This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
in vain do they worship me…’”
Anybody have any reflections on these verses? I know my heart’s hearing a calling…
P.S., You’ll find out what that new song is on Sunday!
Jean said:
Hey Chris
Thanks for the reminder. I just wanted to share how Good is God. Yesterday did a long walk with my Ipod, I have a mixture of music on it, country and christian and it is in no particular order, its mixed. Yesterday I believe it was God but all my music was christian and it was music that brought people to mind to pray for, music that was reinforcing what I had read and learned from my QT study. It wasn’t until I was walking in my driveway that it switched to a country song. It was such a great prayer walk, and the verse you used that said when we seek him with all our heart he will be found was so true. I know I don’t pull away as much as I should to be with him and seek him. But He is faithful and such an awesome God. Thanks for the reminder that I need to take a heart check and see what my focus is on.