To Worship You, I Live

I have two things I want to talk about in this post: (1) Matthew 12 and (2) a song that I can't stop singing. The other night as I was spending time with God, I was reading Matthew 12. God has really been drawing my attention to similar things, which is just total confirmation that I my relationship with God is being strengthened over this past week of trying to solely focus on Him.

"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." (Matthew 12:33-37)

The verses above are what God was highlighting to me during my alone time with Him. Does it sound familiar? Well, it should because I had an entire post focused on harnessing the tongue because we will be judged for what we say. I think during my time with God, He was reminding me that I need to always be in check with what "fruits" I'm producing. I've been trying to be really good at it; however, every-so-often I catch myself saying something I probably shouldn't. In regards to the situation, I've done pretty well at not bringing it up with my friends. It has come up in conversation once, but I did not start the conversation. So, I'm proud of myself for that. I do know that it will get harder as the weeks go on (since it's only been a few days), and with only God's help will I be able to appropriately avoid it. I have talked about it with my family, but I promised God that my family is the only ones that would be getting any updates of it. Anywho, getting back on track with what I was going to say, I just want my words and the fruits I produce to glorify God. I just want to make Him glad and move His heart. So, this leads into my second point that I wanted to bring up.

At the Onething conference, Matt Gilman lead worship. I never heard of him until this past weekend. The worship was totally anointed, with God's presence being so heavy. I haven't been in worship like that in a very, very long time. Worship is either hit or miss with me, and since worship is a big part of my life, I see it as being the most important way of entering people into the presence of God. People are changed through anointed worship. Matt Gilman and his worship team were phenomenal. They have such a call on their lives. Almost everyday since the conference, I have been going on IHOP's 24/7 prayer room and playing  the archived sessions with Matt Gilman because I just love his spirit. It has definitely been helping me focus on my relationship with God. 

Anyway, the past two days I can't stop singing one of the songs they played at the conference and that I've heard him play in the prayer room: "To Worship You, I Live." Here are the lyrics:

Verse:
I just want to bless your name,
I just want to make you glad.
I just want to move your heart, God.
To give you all I am.

Chorus:
By your will, for your pleasure I exist.
You are worthy Lord, you are worthy Lord.

Bridge:
To Worship You, I live. To Worship You, I live.
I live, I live to worship You.

I think I can't stop singing it because the song aligns with the cry of my heart. I want everything I do to be worship unto the Lord. I want to give Him all that I am. I want to make Him a proud Father. Children usually like to imitate their parents as they grow up. Shouldn't I want to do the same with my Heavenly Father? It seems like such a simple idea, yet it can be so hard. I just want people to see the Jesus in me. These are the little reasons that remind me why I DESIRE and NEED to have a personal relationship with my Maker. 

Current verse I'm meditating on:

"For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother." (Matthew 12:50)

Here is the song I was referencing above: