Take my love my Lord I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store
Take myself and I will be
Ever only all for Thee
Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated 1874
By: Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879)
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As we continue our journey through this classic hymn, work to sincerely offer each part of your life and your entire life to God. It requires diligence and intentionality. Thanks for joining us in this grand pursuit. Let’s tune our hearts.
I Pour My Love
What a beautiful image of offering our love to God, pouring it out. I imagine a pitcher representing my love and choosing to pour it out for God holding nothing back. Our love is one of our greatest treasures and offering it to God demonstrates our love for Him.
When you think of pouring your love our for God what kind of things come to mind? Serving others? Spending time with Him? Praying and studying His word? Showing mercy? Singing His praises? Take a few minutes and think about the last thing you did simply to show love for God.
What came to mind? Was that a simple exercise or a painful one? If it was painful, was it because you had trouble identifying something?
Making this commitment means that you are willing to pour out your love for God. Pour it out on Him. Pour it out on others. Pout it out.
Take my love my Lord I pour
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV
It is love which motivates all of our offerings. We are to love God with heart, soul, mind and strength Jesus taught us in the Gospels quoting this verse. When we choose to love Him we do so in response to His love for us. Are you offering your love to God today?
RESONATE!
Take a few moments and offer your love to God. Ask yourself this simple question, “Have I offered my love to God?” and then allow the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth to you. Make this your simple prayer today “Lord, I pour my love out for You.” Then prepare to take advantage of the opportunities He provides to do just that.
At Your Feet
If the imagery of the pitcher above representing our love poured out was not specific enough, lacking for you a more concrete nature consider this historical, scriptural one…
Jesus is sitting at the house of a Pharisee, having been invited as a guest. A woman of low repute comes in and washes Jesus’ feet with her tears and anoints them with expensive perfume. The religious leaders are inclined to chastise her but Jesus takes the moment to teach a powerful truth, “He who has been forgiven much loves much.”
Sometimes offering our love to Jesus can seem strange. Why do we need to do that? He knows we love Him. We already told Him. But sometimes our showing love to Jesus is not about us or Jesus as much as it is about the people watching the demonstration. Surely, this example was about Jesus’ and the love this woman had for Him, but it spoke to those present and still speaks to us today challenging us to love in proportion to the forgiveness we have received.
Heart check!
At Thy feet its treasure store
And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. Luke 7:37-38 ESV
The story of the woman with the alabaster box is clearly referenced here. She offered something many considered valuable, but Jesus highlighted the true gift, her love. Will you draw conviction and inspiration from her demonstration of love today? How can you demonstrate your extravagant love for Jesus? What can you offer that would show your love?
RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider how you can show your love to God today. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Jesus, show me what to offer.” Then trust the Spirit to help you follow through with that commitment.
Jesus teach how to love You by helping always remember how much I have been forgiven. May my response to Your forgiveness continue to change my life by changing the way I love. In Jesus’ name. Amen!
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Video 56.6 Transcript, 30.6 REFRAMED
Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.
Take my love my Lord I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store
Take myself and I will be
Ever only all for Thee
What a beautiful image of offering our love to God, pouring it out. I imagine a pitcher representing my love and choosing to pour it out for God holding nothing back. Our love is one of our greatest treasures and offering it to God demonstrates our love for Him.
Lord, I pour my love out for You.
The story of the woman with the alabaster box is clearly referenced here. She offered something many considered valuable, but Jesus highlighted the true gift, her love. How can you demonstrate your extravagant love for Jesus? What can you offer that would show your love?
Jesus, show me what to offer.
When we offer ourselves we are also making an ongoing commitment. There are no take-backs with this one. God knows it, but do we? Many of us live like we can offer ourselves when it is convenient, but God wants us all the time. How committed are you to your offering?
Spirit, show me how offered I am.
All of me, only to God, for all time. Wow! That is a powerful statement. When we have offered ourselves to Him it is much easier to live out this commitment daily. Offer all of yourself again today, forever, to God alone. Then rest in that.
God, I offer all of myself to You alone forever.
Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.
Sing
Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond. Until next time,Be Resonant.
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