Tag: focus

Psalm 120:1

In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.

Sometimes words do not suffice. Moments show us that distress calls are absolutely necessary to project towards God. I wish I had some intelligent soliloquy to unpack one verse on this day. However, I feel in my heart that a simple reminder will do. When it’s good, call on the Lord. When it’s bad, call on the Lord. When you don’t know what to do, cry out to God. God is always able and willing to answer when you need it most.

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

I came to a certain revelation. A broken heart can bleed everywhere. We talk about how brokenness ultimately becomes malfunction or dysfunction. Yet we never take the time to speak about the life-giving blood that runs out of us when our hearts have been shattered.

In medicine, there is an actual condition called broken heart syndrome. People have actually died from grief and other hardship. No physical element or defect was involved with their death. Just overwhelming grief has taken life away from this earth.

The certainty of God‘s ability to heal not only begins in our souls, but it also registers in our emotions and spirit. Christ is always near to those who have broken hearts. Christ is always near to those who are in need of healing. Acknowledge your brokenness, but never forget the healer is ready to bind up your bleeding heart.

Romans 12:1

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Daily worship is not limited to showing up to a building on a Sunday morning. Worship is not just song and dance. Worship is not just a preached word from a high and lifted place. Worship is an everyday act of representing God in many spaces. 

It is difficult to imagine that worship is a daily practice. It is even more difficult to understand that worship is a sacrificial act of love towards God and people. The way that I treat you reflects my sacrificial worship. The way I pray for you Represents my worship. The way I address and deal with my enemies is also a sacrificial act.

There are days when the sacrifice feels just a little more painful. Times come when we don’t desire give anything. It becomes a serious challenge to continue When it feels like your worship is not acknowledged. But whose acknowledgment are we waiting on? The tension that lies with every human being is the desire to please God and the acknowledgment of a human being. As we live, we must do our best to always seek the affirmation of God. Why? Because human validation is temporary. However, God‘s well done lasts an eternity.