I LAY IT ALL DOWN

Proverbs 16:9  "In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps."

Can you look back and see the beginning of your "real" baby steps as a worshiper of God?  As I look back and see from where I began to where the Lord has led me, I am amazed and in awe of His plan for my life, of His grace that He has poured onto and into my life.  As He moves me from yesterday to tomorrow, I find that it is time, past time, actually, that I lay it all down.

There is a beautiful song, "I lay it all down, I lay it all down, I lay it all down in worship", and as I have had this worshipful song playing in my spirit for weeks now, probably longer, I began to consider just what of "laying it all down" was considered true worship.  It is everything.  Everything we lay down becomes a song of praise, a dedication of worship to our Lord. 

When we lift our voices to the heavenlies, singing from our hearts, from deep within our spirits, this is worship.  We are laying all down, all distractions, all fears, all worries, everything and giving ourselves solely to worshiping the Lord.  I lay it all down in worship.

As I was going through boxes of "stuff" I have to give to a friend for their church's garage sale, the Holy Spirit began to sing into me, "I lay it all down, I lay it all down".  And I began to sing with Him, singing from my soul knowing that, this too, was a form of worship to my God.  As I was giving away things that I thought meant so much, knowing the need to downsize to move into the next phase of His plan for me, letting go of these things that I had held on for so long, too long, if truth be told, I was allowing my Lord to remove those things and replace them with more of Himself.  More of His blessed, precious Self into me.  Less of me and "stuff" and more, so much more of Him.  When we let go of those things that are so worldly, earthly gain, totally worthless in the Kingdom, we are worshiping the Lord in a way that shows our God that He is our Stronghold, not these things that we have kept close to us, He is our Treasure, not these items, this, well, for a word that really comes to mind now, this junk. 

Our entire lives, we have been programmed to junk up our lives with earthly things, treasuring them for one reason or another, but the REAL TREASURE, the Jewel of Heaven, is Jesus.  So, now, and each day to follow, what ever is standing in the way of moving in the path the Lord has set for me, things that tend to clutter my mind with it's form of importance, things that are not what the Lord would have for me, "I lay it all down, I lay it all down, I lay it all down in worship". 

To worship You, my God, is all I desire.  To sit at Your feet, to adore You with my songs of love, that is my desire.  To follow where You lead me, to do what You will me to do, that is my desire.  I do love You so.

06-28-12