When the music fades 
And all is stripped away 
And I simply come 
Longing just to bring 
Something that’s of worth 
That will bless your heart 

I’ll bring You more than a song 
For a song in itself 
Is not what You have required 
You search much deeper within 
Through the ways things appear 
You’re looking into my heart 

I’m coming back to the heart of worship 
And it’s all about You 
All about You, Jesus 
I’m sorry Lord for the thing I’ve made it 
When it’s all about You 
It’s all about You Jesus 

 

That is the Matt Redman Song, Heart of Worship. We sang it this sunday at my church and for the first time, the music literally ripped right through my thick skull and into my heart! The thing I feel God desires from each and every one of us whenever we come to the cross for worship. 

 

Someone once said to me, “to bow down is to put ourselves in a position in which our hearts are above our heads.”

What a powerful statement. I mean think about it. When you bow down with your head to the ground, your heart is actually higher than your head in a vertical sense. Sometimes we need to bow because God can only truly speak to our hearts on some issues. Our head won’t let it respond in the capacity in which is needed. Our head uses reasoning, facts, proof, and intelligence. Our heart recognizes beauty, truth, and love. 

 

The things our hearts yearn for, our head often times wont allow because if information were to flow in a vertical path from your brain to your body as a reaction to a thought, the head would reason too much with issues of what is truth and what is love. If we were to understand truth, if we were to recognize God’s true beauty, or to seek and react to his love then God would need to speak to the heart! 

 

Now, look at that song… When the music fades and all is stripped away, I long for the moment when I can bring something to my God that is something of worth. the intentionality there to bring something of value to our God. Often times our God doesn’t want something that has a specific appearance of intelligence, or a complex formula of love. God wants true beauty. God wants something that is real and alive.

Take a look at the Chorus, “I’m sorry Lord for the Thing I’ve Made it.”  WOW! What a statement. I mean does anyone think that we have created worship into a beast that is so complex and convoluted that we often times can forget that God is the center of all that we do in the act of worship?  Maybe thats another blog for another time, but the truth of the matter is this… God wants us to just respond from our hearts. 

 

 

I guess what I am getting at is this… When all is stipped away in your life. You take away the bright lights, rip down the curtains, remove the mask, clear out all the dust, and sift through all the excess crap that lays on top of you… are you bowing?

 

Have you positioned your heart above your head? 

 

 

 

Maybe… just maybe, God is trying to tell you just as he has told me this week… Hey Luke… I need to speak to your heart. I need you to understand my truth. Understand my Love. Understand my incredible Beauty! 

 

 

How are you positioning yourself in the presence of your Savior? 

 

 

 

Luke

 

 

P.S. The Vision Returns Shortly.

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I am at a conference right now, and I just experienced something incredible. The conference is called “deeper level” and for the second time, they have meet in Houston, TX. This whole conference has been an experience, as I didnt know who my contact was, and I didn’t know where we were staying, but I know that God had something in store for this weekend! 

This morning we started a little late due to some technical issues, and we were worried that the 40 min late start time would dampen our ability to go to lunch at noon. [which is what my schedule said.] In the moment, we all freaked out a bit. Everybody was trying to control the situation… in any way we as humans know how to. In a desperate attempt to bring to life a dead room [production terms... a dead room is one without anything going on] we threw in one of Israel Houghton’s dvd’s. At the end of the song [on dvd], Israel walked on stage and just finished the song live because the spirit of the lord had made himself present. For the next two hours of nothing but worship, we sang the same song. over and over. without a sense of urgency.

 

The bridge… “Oh!” rang through the building for over an hour. I cannot begin to explain the impact this small word [if even a word] had on my life, as God began to show me that… regardless of what a schedule says, and aside from the fact that you don’t have any sort of order of worship… I am here. I am in control. I am life. 

 

 

in these moments of our deepest desire to control the situation… we need to step back and just say “Yes Lord” because he is actually in the moment… and most likely he had it all under control in the first place! 

 

then funny thing is that God had it all planned out.. and the ending of this story is incredible… our lunch time on our schedule was printed wrong, and in the conference book it said that lunch wasnt until 1:00pm. and so, in the end God actually had planned for us to worship him longer than expected. and worship his name even though we had a technical glitch! Our God is in Control! He is always here. 

 

HE IS NEAR!

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