Friday, August 31, 2007

Choked up

Have you ever been in a state that you've felt so choked up, that you couldnt say anything? I just felt that tonight in a service i went to for college. The auditorium was filled with people and we did a few songs, about 4 or 5 of them, one of them was "In Christ Alone" which really got to me today. The worship team did a very good job with the song, but the third and fourth verses are so great. "Then bursting forth in glorious day, up from the grave he rose again. And as He stands in victory, sin's curse has lost its grip on me; for I am His, and He is mine" and then the start of the fourth verse: "No guilt in life, no fear in death - this is the power of Christ in me." What a message that is! No fear in death? Granted, I should try to live as long as i can, but I don't have to be afraid to die because Jesus already took that punishment, and now I get to go to Heaven. And the even better part is Jesus beat death, and He's also with God in Heaven. Now more to my point....do people realize this? I mean, this is the greatest message that anyone could ever hope to hear, do people even CARE? I mean here I am, singing this song, really realizing what the words say and fighting back tears as I'm trying to sing....but other people just....don't care. They're too occupied with other things....there were a guy and a girl in front of us that were all over each other the whole service, and only interested in each other. That's actually idolatry, holding something in your life at a higher position than God. It really saddened me when I saw this going on. I felt helpless, because I'm here worshiping God with all my might, and people are just indifferent about it. I could go on and on, basically saying the same thing, but I would be wasting my breath. So anyone reading this...I'm begging, PLEASE don't fall into this mold. God is far too important to be taken lightly. He's far too deserving of anything less than our 100%. When you worship, look at the words in the song....there are messages in every song, and it's enough to get you choked up from just feeling God's presence and worshiping Him.