Great is Thy faithfulness
O God my Father
There is no shadow
Of turning with Thee
Thou changest not
Thy compassions they fail not
As Thou hast been
Thou forever wilt be

Great Is Thy Faithfulness (1923)
By: Thomas Chisholm (1866–1960)

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We begin our journey through this popular hymn which declares the faithfulness of our God, true in every season, experienced by hearts of faith. Let’s tune our hearts.

New Every Morning

I love being in the woods. Just walking quietly through the tress, hearing the crunching of the leaves beneath my feet, the wind rustling through the branches brings a sense of peace . This is especially true in the morning.

Morning often reminds me of how God’s mercies are new. I have made it through another night. The darkness is being chased away as the sun rises. The faithful rising of that ball of fire points me again to the real source of warmth and light and I marvel at His faithfulness anew.

Those familiar words from Lamentations often come to mind then, and every time I sing the opening line of this popular hymn. The rising of the sun and the morning it ushers in signal the entrance of new mercies. Each one is an example of the love and faithfulness of God my Father.

Great is Thy faithfulness
O God my Father

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV

These incredible words declaring God’s faithfulness come in the middle of a book of sadness. Jeremiah was lamenting the fate of Israel who finally had reaped what they had sown. God faithfully kept His promise by exiling them for routinely choosing to walk paths that weren’t His.

Amidst His lament, we read these words of hope. We can certainly learn something when we acknowledge these words emerge from a book of lament. Even in his great distress, the prophet pens these declarations of God’s faithfulness. Whatever you are facing today, recall God’s great faithfulness and declare it once again amidst your laments. 

He is a faithful Father, even when we are rebellious children. He can not deny His nature and that is a very good thing for us, for too often we fail to live up to ours. Where are you longing to see His faithfulness revealed today? Ask Him to simply act consistently with Who He is.

Father, please show Your faithfulness to me again today.

RESONATE!
What trouble are you facing today? Maybe it is a result of your choices, the choices of others, or some combination of the two. Whatever path led you here, you can still choose to trust in God’s faithfulness to see you through it. You may be tempted to deny His nature, but resist that temptation and declare again today. You can lament your troubles as well, for that would put you in good company, but do not fail to thank Him for His faithfulness, even as you invoke it over your sorrows today. Take a few moments and do that now. 

Among the Shadows

When I walk through the woods, especially early or late in the day, I am often captivated by the shadows. Trees cast very long ones, and they remind me there is darkness amidst the beauty. That simple reminder helps me to face my own darkness with a different perspective.

Things change. People change. Situations change.

God never changes.

The fact that He does not cast a shadow is evidence of that. He is a source of light, rather THE Source, so He creates shadows, but does not have one Himself. The illustration is meant to show that as a shadow reveals when something moves or changes, God does not. He remains the same, Faithful.

There is no shadow
Of turning with Thee

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17 ESV

Again, light creates shadows. Shadows move either as the lights move or as the object creating the shadow does. But our Father never changes like those shadows because He is the source of Light and every good thing.

Likewise Jesus is the Light of the World, so He has no shadow. This is also an illustration of His unchanging nature. Everything else may change, but Jesus does not.

What impact does that have on your life today? Things will change. You will change. Others will change. Situations will change. Jesus will not. Accordingly, you can depend on Him and His faithfulness through all those other changes.

 

RESONATE!
What good and perfect gift do you need today? Maybe a change in a perspective. Or a change in some circumstance. Maybe you need a change in your own heart. The Father of lights can bring it. Will you declare His unchanging nature again today and ask Him to bring about changes in you and your life? He is faithful. He will do it. Take a few moments now and step into His light. 

Father, thank You for your mercies which are new every morning. I am sorry that I often need them renewed because I have used up all of yesterday’s allotment. I declare Your faithfulness again today and ask you to change me and my circumstances in whatever way will most help me give You the glory You deserve. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Mercy-Responsive Tuning!

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Video 23.1 Transcript

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.

Great is Thy faithfulness
O God my Father
There is no shadow
Of turning with Thee
Thou changest not
Thy compassions they fail not
As Thou hast been
Thou forever wilt be

 

He is a faithful Father, even when we are rebellious children. He can not deny His nature and that is a very good thing for us, for too often we fail to live up to ours. Where are you longing to see His faithfulness revealed today? Ask Him to simply act consistently with Who He is.

Father, please show Your faithfulness to me again today.

Jesus is the Light of the World, so He has no shadow. This is an illustration of the fact that He is the source of light and also of His unchanging nature. Shadows move as the objects or source of light which create them move. Everything else may change, but Jesus does not.

Jesus, thank You that I can depend on Your unchanging nature.

One of the expressions of the unchanging nature of God is that His compassion never fails, and that is not because we never put it to the test. We are often self-reliant and treat Him in ways that demand His compassion. Fortunately for us, it never fails. Praise Him.

Spirit, I praise You for Your unfailing compassion.

Nothing we do changes God. Or simply, nothing changes God. He is ever the same. He was, and is, and is to come, in every way, in every moment, everywhere. So even when we are not faithful, that’s right, He still is. Thank Him for being the same yesterday, today and forever.

God, thank You for being faithful eternally.

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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All glory and praise
To the God of all grace,
Who hast brought us, and sought us,
And guided our ways.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

Revive Us Again (1863)
By: Mackay, William Paton, M.D. (1839-1885)

Listen to this version in a gospel style as you prepare to ponder this hymn. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

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We continue our journey through this classic hymn sung across oceans and denominations for 150 years. Our prayer is the same as all the saints who have sung it before, “Revive us again.” Let’s tune our hearts.

What Are You Working With?

Ever played Scrabble? You pick your letters out of the bag and start to line them up to see what words you may be able to create, and you realize you can not think of a single word beyond three letters. You decide to take a turn and exchange all your letters only to end up with 7 consonants, like W-S-M-J-M-R-C!

That is such a frustrating experience. Fortunately, it is only a game, right?

But what about the times it seems life has given you all consonants. Maybe you are in such a moment today. Not quite certain how to turn the letters or the material you are working with into something useful, a word worth more than points, let alone praiseworthy.

You are not alone, and your experience is not uncommon. We have all found ourselves in situations like that. The difference between Scrabble and your life before God is that He wants even those moments of all “consonants” to turn your energy and effort back to Him. The “letters” you have drawn are by no mistake and have come to you as an opportunity to create something that brings glory to God, even if it sounds to you more like a muddled bundle of consonants you might be tempted to utter under your breath in exasperation.

God has given you the material you are working with to give Him praise. Consider the first line of this stanza against that backdrop and the context of the Psalmist’s commitment. Imagine how God may be working through that jumbled mess.

All glory and praise

My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day. Psalm 71:8 ESV

Sometimes is seems your mouth is filled with W-S-M-J-M-R-C, but God wants to turn that confusion into praise and He can do it. Will you offer the letters of your life to Him again today and step back to see what the Master De-Scrambler will do?

 

Jesus, help me give all glory and praise to You.

 

RESONATE!
Offer the letters you have been given back to God today. He wants to take them and turn them into praise. He can do it. It may be more than you can imagine is even possible, you may feel like you have not vowels, but God makes no mistakes. Tell Him again today you will open up your mouth if He will fill it with praise.

What Will You Make of It?

As you hand your letters back to God fully expecting Him to drop them back in the bag and pull out the perfect letters to spell a great new word, He may just surprise you. You can see PRAISE in the letters clearly once they are set in the right order, but S-I-R-A-P-E looks very different. Might it be possible you actually have all the right material to create the word that will bring God the greatest glory today?

Maybe you feel like you have been suffering through some difficulty and you are really struggling to give God praise. Grace may seem about as far away as you could have ever imagined it might, and yet maybe it is closer than you could have ever dreamed. Give God the opportunity to change your perspective on your circumstances today.

To the God of all grace,

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5:10 ESV

Grace is getting what you do not deserve, but normally is seen as better than what you should have gotten. Maybe the letters you have drawn have left you feeling like you do not deserve them in an entirely different way. God is worthy of glory and knows how much we are capable of trusting Him through.

Sometimes God receives the greatest glory when we have received what looks to others like a terrible draw. It may look like that to us as well, but our response determines the true nature of our trust in God. How will you respond? What will you make of the letters you have been given?

 

 

RESONATE!
Whether it seems that way or not, the letters you have drawn are the letters that will give you the best opportunity to give glory and praise to Jesus. Resolve to make the most of them today and prepare to be amazed what the God of all grace will do. Rest in your calling into His eternal glory and give praise to Jesus.

Jesus, take the letters of my life and turn them into praise. Help me trust You to restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish me. I declare my desire to make the most of what I have been given. Amen!

Unscrambled Tuning!

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Video 22.5 Transcript

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.

All glory and praise
To the God of all grace,
Who hast brought us, and sought us,
And guided our ways.

 

 

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

We know He is worthy of all glory and praise, and yet two other things happen. Sometimes we take the glory for ourselves, and other times we simply fail to give it to Him. Ask for His forgiveness, and then for His help in giving it all to Him.

Jesus, help me give all glory and praise to you.

Grace is getting what you do not deserve. God has certainly blessed every one of us in this way, not only in the gift of salvation, but in some many smaller ways. Thank Him for the grace He has already shown you, and that which is coming in the future.

Father, thank You for your unmerited grace.

We were each wandering along hopeless and lost and we did not even realize it. God came after us and made a way back to Him through the sacrifice of His Son. No other reason motivates our praise any more than that. Thank the Spirit for that work in you.

Spirit, thank You for seeking me and bringing me.

Like a shepherd Jesus has guided us. Once we come to know His voice, we can surrender to His influence in our lives. Are you seeking guidance in a particular matter today? Ask Jesus to help you discern His voice so you can follow His lead.

Jesus, help me hear Your voice.

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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Revive us again;
Fill each heart with Thy love;
May each soul be rekindled
With fire from above.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

Revive Us Again (1863)
By: Mackay, William Paton, M.D. (1839-1885)

Listen to this version in a gospel style as you prepare to ponder this hymn. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

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Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

We continue our journey through this classic hymn sung across oceans and denominations for 150 years. Our prayer is the same as all the saints who have sung it before, “Revive us again”. Let’s tune our hearts.

Restarting Your Rhythm

Generally speaking, dead people do not ask to be revived. But that is exactly what is happening in this hymn. Well, kind of.

You see, we were dead but when we became God’s children through faith in Jesus Christ, we are…born again. We who were dead become spiritually alive again.

So when we are asking to be revived again, we are not asking to be brought to life again because that miraculous transaction has already occurred. Instead, we are asking for our spiritual rhythm to be restarted.

Think of it as spiritual defibrillation. A defibrillator produces an electrical impulse used to restart the heart after cardiac arrest. Doctors use this machine to revive people’s hearts.

Our spiritual hearts too easily grow cold and hard. We lose our ability to move with God, and then wonder why He seems distant. This simple prayer of revival is one we must learn to pray routinely for this very reason. When was the last time you asked Him to revive you?

Revive us again;

Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? Psalm 85:6 ESV

What greater cause is there for rejoicing and giving glory to God than when He revives us again? We can no more revive our lifeless faith than our lifeless bodies. We are trusting God to resurrect us beyond the grave, and we can also trust Him to restore and reinvigorate our faith as well. 

RESONATE!
When was the last time you were honest enough with God to ask to be revived? It requires you to admit that your spiritual rhythm has stopped, gone into spiritual cardiac arrest. He knows it. You know it. Why hesitate. Ask Him to revive you again today so you may rejoice anew in Him. What are you waiting for? He already has the paddles in His gracious hands. Just ask, “Father, please revive me again today.” Then wait for it.

Filling Your Heart With Love

And just how does He do that work of reviving our hearts? Well, it is not through an electric impulse. No, it is through something far more transforming, though no less shocking.

Fill each heart with Thy love;

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:8 ESV

Those are strong words but they are fair. God is love and when we know Him through His life in us, we will love. Not we might love, we will.

Love is what marks us as the children of God. If we truly know God, we take a posture of love toward others, and not only those who have been good to us. This is not easy, but when we trust God to fill us with that kind of transforming love it is certainly possible. 

God revives our hearts, bringing them back into rhythm with Him, by filling them anew with His love.

Loving God and loving others is the very core of what we are supposed to do as followers of Christ, but sometimes we fail to operate out of this default setting. Why? Because we choose to operate in our own strength as opposed to His. When we do, our lives are out of rhythm with God and His purposes because they are not filled with love.

RESONATE!
For your good and the glory of God, echo that prayer for Jesus to fill you with His transforming love. Simply pray, “Jesus, fill my heart with Your love”, then wait and let that occur. Then the next time you are tempted to respond in your own strength pray it again. If you do, Jesus will fill you with His love enabling you to respond in rhythm with Him and His ways. Don’t wait! Do it right now.

Jesus, fill my heart with Your love and revive me again that I may rejoice in You and lead others to do the same. I confess I have too often operated in my own strength and have failed to love as You do. Revive me again so I can bring You glory. In Jesus’ name.  Amen!

Revived Tuning!

Keep coming back, and we will work to help you remove the things that may hinder your longing for His return by cultivating an awareness of God’s presence.   We will help you tune your heart to live out your worship by providing resources like this to help you acknowledge the greatness of God as you become more Resonant, 7 days a week.

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Video 22.4 Transcript

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.

Revive us again;
Fill each heart with Thy love;
May each soul be rekindled
With fire from above.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

Our hearts too easily grow cold and hard. We lose our ability to move with God, and then wonder why He seems distant. This simple prayer of revival is one we must learn to pray routinely for this very reason. When was the last time you asked Him to revive you?

Father, please revive me again today.

Loving God and loving others is the very core of what we are supposed to do as followers of Christ, but it is not always apparent to others that our hearts are filled with love. For your good and the glory of God, echo that prayer for Jesus to fill you with His transforming love.

Jesus, fill my heart with Your love.

Something that was kindled but lost it’s flame must be rekindled so that flame may burn hot enough to catch the surrounding material on fire. Does your soul burn with a passion to give glory to God as it likely did at first? Ask the Spirit to rekindle your soul with a consuming love.

Spirit, rekindle my soul with all-consuming love.

It is not an earthly kindling we seek, but a heavenly one. The flame that will truly spark the embers of our souls is one that comes from on high. His consuming love is the fire that will ignite an unquenchable desire for His glory. Ask God to give you that love.

God, send Your fire down upon me.

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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All glory and praise
To the Lamb that was slain,
Who hath borne all our sins,
And hath cleansed every stain.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

Revive Us Again (1863)
By: Mackay, William Paton, M.D. (1839-1885)

Listen to this version in a gospel style as you prepare to ponder this hymn. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

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Everyone, enjoy this video, and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

We continue our journey through this classic hymn sung across oceans and denominations for 150 years. Our prayer is the same as all the saints who have sung it before, “Revive us again”. Let’s tune our hearts.

Living Hallelujahs

Jesus is worthy of every hallelujah I can ever bring, even if all I ever do for the rest of eternity is bring them in various shapes and forms. Ultimately, that is what I am called to do, bring hallelujahs, praise in every form, to the One who is worthy. It begs the question, “Do I?”

I am reminded of the words of another song. (Build My Life, Housefires)

Worthy of all the songs we could ever sing.
Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring.
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe.
We live for You.

Yes.
Hallelujah!
Amen!
Really?

It is words like this over the years that have really challenged me as a worshipper and worship leader. Can I make that statement with confidence and conviction? Yes, not necessarily because it is my daily experience, but because it is my eternal aspiration, lived out every day both now and forever.

There is coming a day when face-to-face I will be inspired to give Jesus all glory and praise. Even so, I must aspire to this kind of living today. Such is the prayer of the hymn writer.

All glory and praise

Saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” Revelation 5:12 ESV 

What a glorious day that will be when we join our voices with the myriads and thousands around the throne singing our “Hallelujah” to the One Who is worthy of them all. But we do not have to wait. We must not wait! He is worthy today, and we must continue to align our living to this singular purpose until all our activities are marked by it.

Jesus alone is worthy of all glory and praise, both eternally and daily. He has no rival and no equal, and yet sometimes we act as though He has some close competitors. Are you living in such a way that it is obvious Jesus is the singular object of all your affections, or are you divided?

Ask the Spirit to show you. Spirit, show me if my affections are divided. Give praise to Jesus today in anticipation of that great day! 

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart and reveal its affections. As potential competitors come to light, deal with each of them by confessing the reality of them, and asking the Spirit to help you esteem Christ far above each of them. Then commit to living out your hallelujahs today in a way that reveals how worthy Jesus truly is, and give praise to Jesus in anticipation of joining the worship around His throne. 

Remembering and Celebrating

As you prepare to give Jesus glory with your living today, let’s consider why. We will spend the balance of our reflection on this stanza on those reasons. We start with the fact that He was slain and why.

To the Lamb that was slain,

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29 ESV

As John the Baptist saw his cousin approach, he saw Him for Who He truly was and is, and glorified Him rightly. We too often fail to do the same. Jesus shows up unannounced in our lives, and we let those moments pass. Are you on alert to identify those times and then be quick to herald His presence?

We must work at seeing Him in simple things. Things like the bread and the cup. Whether it is the Lord’s Table or even His provision in an ordinary meal, acknowledge Him. When truths you have read in His word take shape in your life, give Him praise. When you are afforded an opportunity to die to yourself and live for His glory, follow Him obediently.

The One who is worthy of all glory is the Lamb who was slain. The Lamb who takes away the sins of the world. The Lamb of God. Do you love Him? He was slain for the glory of God, but also for your good. Thank Him and tell Him again that you love Him by choosing to live your life remembering and celebrating.

RESONATE!
Ask Jesus to give you eyes to seem Him throughout your day. John was serving when he looked up and saw Jesus. How will Jesus come to you today? When He does, be ready to herald His presence and give Him the glory that He deserves, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Jesus, help me to have eyes to see You today. When I do, give me the ability to give You glory. You are worthy, and I want to live my life to praise You. In Jesus’ name.  Amen!

Glory-Filled Tuning!

Keep coming back, and we will work to help you remove the things that may hinder your longing for His return by cultivating an awareness of God’s presence.   We will help you tune your heart to live out your worship by providing resources like this to help you acknowledge the greatness of God as you become more Resonant, 7 days a week.

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Video 22.3 Transcript

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.

All glory and praise
To the Lamb that was slain,
Who hath borne all our sins,
And hath cleansed every stain.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

Jesus alone is worthy of all glory and praise. He has no rival and no equal, and yet sometimes we act as though He has some close competitors. Are you living in such a way that it is obvious Jesus is the object of your affections, or are you divided? Ask the Spirit to show you.

Spirit, show me if my affections are divided.

The One who is worthy of all glory is the Lamb who was slain. The Lamb who takes away the sins of the world. The Lamb of God. Do you love Him? He was slain for the glory of God, but also for your good. Thank Him and tell Him again that you love Him.

Jesus, thank You for being slain. I love You.

We love Him because He has borne the penalty of our sins and made a way for us to come to the Father. Do you believe this? Do you live like you are free from them? You need not carry them or their guilt anymore. Bless the name of Jesus for bearing your sins.

Jesus, I bless You for bearing all my sins.

One songwriter said, “Oh wash me in His cleansing blood.” It is a strange thought being washed in blood until we are white as snow, but it is powerful imagery. Your sin-stained garments cleansed by His blood. Thank the Father for that miracle.

God, thank You for washing my stains in the blood of Jesus.

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.

The post How to Bring Eternal Praise into Daily Living appeared first on Resonant 7.

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We praise Thee, O God!
For Thy Spirit of light,
Who hath shown us our Savior,
And scattered our night.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

Revive Us Again (1863)

By: Mackay, William Paton, M.D. (1839-1885)

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We continue our journey through this classic hymn sung across oceans and denominations for 150 years. Our prayer is the same as all the saints who have sung it before, “Revive us again”. Let’s tune our hearts.

Continued Praise

What’s the key?

We tend to get off to a good start in our spiritual walk. Having stumbled around in the darkness for longer than we realized, it is so good to finally be able to see where we are going. Just the thought of that makes the prospect of welcoming darkness seem silly, but we are all guilty of doing it.

Try to imagine it. You are looking for you car keys, in the dark. You believe you left them on the corner of the counter so you don’t bother turning on the light. As you feel for the edge of the counter you trip over something on the floor you had forgotten you left out. As you tumble forward, turning on the light suddenly seems like it would have been a really good idea.

So why do we fail to turn on the light? Sometimes we think we know the way. We do not need help. Sometimes there are things we want to keep hidden. We do not want help. Sometimes we are too proud to acknowledge our need. We do not want to ask for help.

How do we turn on the light? We praise God. Praising Him pushes back the darkness and shows us a clear, favorable path forward. Not to mention it is also the only appropriate response to His calling us out of darkness in the first place.

We praise Thee, O God!

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9 ESV

We praise Him at first because of His Son. We keep praising Him because of His Spirit. We will forever praise Him because He is our Father.

RESONATE!
Having made the choice to praise God at the prompting of the Holy Spirit, we depend on His power to keep praising. Giving glory to God is a way of life, not an occasional occurrence. How are you doing with your continual praise offering to Him? Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the quality of your offering of praise, and the power to improve the quantity of it as well. Depending on Him is the key to a life of continued praise.

Finding His Way

Once you have found your keys you are off and ready to go. Maybe you remember the era when your car headlights did not have an automatic feature and you had to turn them on. Maybe you can recall a moment when you left a well-lit area and suddenly realized your lights were not on, or someone flashed their lights at you to warn you.

This is the work of the Spirit of light.

He leads us in ways we formerly did not know. He turns darkness into light. He makes rough places into level ground. There are the things He does.

For Thy Spirit of light,

And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16 ESV

We were stumbling around in the darkness and did not even know it. Then the Spirit of light revealed to us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. How grateful we are for His work of bringing light to our darkness. He pushed the darkness back by revealing our Savior. He continues to do that every day.

RESONATE!
Do you recall when He first pushed back your darkness? Can you recall when He last did it? Take a few moments and ask Him to do that work again today. We need Him to do it every single day because the darkness seems in unbeknownst to us. Walk with Him today with this prayer on your lips, “Spirit, please show me my Savior again.”

Spirit, do Your work of revealing my Savior to me again today. Push back my darkness once again. I need You. In Jesus’ name.  Amen!

Illuminated Tuning!

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Video 22.2 Transcript

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.

 

We praise Thee, O God!
For Thy Spirit of light,
Who hath shown us our Savior,
And scattered our night.

 

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

Having made the choice to praise God at the prompting of the Holy Spirit, we depend on His power to keep praising. Giving glory to God is a way of life, not an occasional occurrence. How are you doing with your continual praise offering to Him?

God, show me how to praise You more consistently.

We were stumbling around in the darkness and did not even know it. Then the Spirit of light revealed to us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. How grateful we are for His work of bringing light to our darkness. Thank Him.

Spirit, thank You for illuminating my darkness.

He pushed the darkness back by revealing our Savior. He continues to do that every day. Do you recall when He first did that? Can you recall when He last did? Walk with Himi today with the prayer on your lips, “Spirit, please show me my Savior again.”

Spirit, please show me my Savior again.

What a beautiful image of our night scattering in response to the coming of the light of Christ! Welcome Him again today to do that work, but realize it may be a little painful if you have grown accustomed to the darkness. Thankfully, He is gracious and kind.

Jesus, please come and kindly scatter the darkness in my heart.

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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