Greater things

During spring break I heard a song called Clear The Stage by Ross King and ever since, it's been in the back of my mind. Basically, as I was listening the lyrics for the first time I thought, This song could be the framework for a book. The song basically talks about eliminating all idols from our lives and letting go of all obstacles that keep us from God. It talks about being genuine in our worship and being sure of what we're worshipping.

 So many times, I find myself singing in church or reading my Bible and my thoughts are nowhere on God. "This people honors me with their lips but their hearts are far from me." Jesus said this and I believe it is one of the biggest problems in the church, among Christians, and for me personally. One of the hardest things is to match our hearts up with our words. Jesus desires the most genuine part of his people which is the heart but most of the time, our hearts are so infested with idolatry and earthly goals and desires that we don't even realize that we have other gods before him. 

So I've been thinking about writing a book about this subject for a while now, and God seems to be placing all sorts of indicators in my life to encourage this idea. The Bible studies I'm in always seem to go back to idolatry. This past Sunday, the sermon was about making God the top priority in our lives, and that song always seems to pop up more often than it used to whenever I shuffle the iPod. :) So I'm taking these as signs and running with them. I don't know how long it will take to get this book started or finished because honestly, I'm terrified to write it. I'm scared because I know that during the research it will take to write it, I will uncover so many flaws in my faith and worship. I mean, I know this will be a good thing to learn where I'm faltering in my faith, but I don't want to be uncomfortable. But that is what is necessary. It's uncomfortable and unpleasant when you find sin in your life, but it's only when you get downwind of yourself when you realize how much you need God's forgiveness and faithfulness to help you make the necessary changes to your life. 

So this will be a good thing. A very hard, but very good thing. Please pray for me that God would show me where I'm putting things or people before him (He's already convicted me a lot lately about this, but I'm sure there's more to come). Pray that I would not become discouraged but encouraged to make changes to the way I live my life. :) 

Thanks for reading. :)