"Lord you are good and your mercy endures forever,
Lord you are good and your mercy endures forever,
People from every nation and tongue, from generation to generation,
We worship you, hallelujah, hallelujah, We worship you for who you are...
YOU ARE GOOD!"
-Israel Houghton (You are Good)
This song is one that keeps playing over and over in my life at the moment. The song has been sung in various church services I've attending, including Chapel today and this previous Sunday at Christ Church of the Valley. We are learning in my bible class, that the bible is written in repition and that is because if God wants us to understand something, he is going to repeat himself. So I think that it is interesting how this song has come up repeatedly in my life. In a Christian lifestyle it is easy for us, as Christians to get caught up in the idea that everything is going to be okay in our lives because we have God on our side. Although this is true, the devil is still alive and well, and too many times do we neglect God during the good times, but we tend to run to God when we are under attack. And I'm not saying do not run to God when you are under attack DO IT, for goodness sake I do, I mean who wouldn't we have the creator of the universe on our side. Although this is all true we need to remember to praise God when things in our lives are going great in our lives. We tend to sing praise and worships songs with lyrics such as :
"I'm trading my sorrows, I'm trading my shame, I'm laying it down for the joy of the Lord."
In this song we are praising God because we are in trama or something bad is going on in our lives at the moment, but if we just praise God for being God. For waking me up in the morning, or even getting a B on a test that I had studied so hard for. GIVE GOD PRAISE WHERE IT'S DUE!
Also, we are all so guilty of seeking God in the troubled times, and then he gets us through it and we forget who brought us through, and we do not give praise where it is due. So that's something I'm going to work out with God, giving him praise where it is due, no matter the situation!
I'm off to Virginia in the morning!
One love,
a.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
You are Good.
Posted by alleigh at 12:44 PM
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That song has been stuck in my head ever since we sang it in church last Sunday! I LOVE it! And I agree with you! God inhabits the praises of His people so if you want God close by, there's no better way than to praise Him! He lives there! Make a joyful noise!
i love going to chapel with you bestie ♥
Too funny, that song has been stuck in my head since church and then I saw a few lines on you Facebook. Now it's stuck there again. But that's ok!
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