Just as I am poor wretched blind
Sight riches healing of the mind
Yea all I need in Thee to find
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this simple version of this popular hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

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

As we conclude our journey through this beloved hymn come one las time with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s tune our hearts.

Self-Assessment

When was the last time you did any kind of self-assessment? These can be uncomfortable but the person who wants to grow must be willing to occasionally take a close look at the person they are. This includes what they used to be, and what they are becoming.

While this can be difficult for the average person, for the Christ-follower it should be a little easier because following Jesus begins with a humble admission that we need a Savior. Having acknowledged our past, and confessing our hope of a bright future in His glory, creates a much better scenario for us to honestly consider where we are today.

But that does not mean it is easy.

Just as I am poor wretched blind

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. Revelation 3:17 ESV

It is hard for us to admit our humble condition. But that humility is the beginning of an incredible journey with Jesus. The Scripture here paints a very poignant picture of the condition of our souls apart from Jesus. Will you admit those things to Him today? 

That is a humbling admission to make. On my own, by my own merits, I am poor, wretched and blind. Without resources, sight or hope. That is our condition apart from Jesus and it is essential we remember that so we are not tempted to become spiritually complacent.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and acknowledge the reality of Your hopeless estate apart from Christ. Own it as your spiritual condition without Him. Ask the Spirit to help you do that, then make this your simple prayer today “Jesus, help me stay humble before You.” 

God Endowment

We could never have merited the things that God brings into our lives. It is true of the simplest as well as the most profound. The most basic and the extravagant.

Some might consider sight for instance to be a very fundamental thing, while others view it a much more lofty treasure. Whether speaking of physical or spiritual sight, God is the only one who can give it, or restore it.

The same could be said of healing of the mind. Certainly others can aid a process which restores health to a troubled, beleaguered mind, but God is the only one who can bring the healing.

But do we play any part in the restoration of sight, mental health, or even riches for that matter? Yes. We must play an active part in the restorative process, welcoming it and nurturing it. But it is a small part compared to what God does.

Sight riches healing of the mind

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Revelation 3:18 ESV

If we will humble ourselves, admit our helpless state, and receive His counsel of love He will transform our condition from awful to wonderful. None of that is based on any merit of our own but is simply the grace of God. He gives us what we do not deserve. Everything we need.

Sight, and more importantly to see myself clearly. Resources for all my needs, and the needs of others. A healthy mind, clearly discerning things. I can not acquire or maintain these on my own. They are all gifts from God, and I must be willing to receive them. Are you willing?

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on the luxurious endowments of God. Things you could have never earned on your own He graciously gives to you. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Lord, help me to humbly accept Your gifts.” 

God, thank You for the many things you endow my life with every day. Help me accept them and then live in grateful adoration of Your unmerited kindness to me. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Honest, Humble 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 33.6 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.

Just as I am poor wretched blind
Sight riches healing of the mind
Yea all I need in Thee to find
O Lamb of God I come I come

That is a humbling admission to make. On my own, by my own merits, I am poor, wretched and blind. Without resources, sight or hope. That is our condition apart from Jesus and it is essential we remember that so we are not tempted to become spiritually complacent.

Jesus, help me stay humble before You.

Sight, and more importantly to see myself clearly. Resources for all my needs, and the needs of others. A healthy mind, clearly discerning things. I can not acquire or maintain these on my own. They are all gifts from God, and I must be willing to receive them. Are you willing?

Lord, help me to humbly accept Your gifts.

They are gifts from God, not wages I have earned. He possesses everything I need and willingly gives it to me when I position myself humbly before Him. Are you sometimes tempted to think you have earned His gifts? That is dangerous thinking. Ask Him to search your mind.

Spirit, search my mind for pride.

Jesus takes the initiative by coming to the door of your heart and knocking. Have you seen that depiction of the door with no doorknob. He will not burst in, you must welcome Him. He is knocking again today. Will you come open yourself to the love of Your Savior just as you are?

Jesus, I open myself to Your love again today.

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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Just as I am though tossed about
With many a conflict many a doubt
Fightings and fears within without
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this simple version of this popular hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

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

As we continue our journey through this beloved hymn come with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s tune our hearts.

What’s Causing Your Waves?

We all face them. Even people of faith. Things come which make waves, disrupting our peaceful journey.

What circumstances in your life are causing your waves? Maybe you do not even realize them. Maybe you are surprised you have lasted this long without capsizing, so great is the tossing. Acknowledging they are there is the beginning of getting mastery over them. Are you ready to do that?

Just as I am though tossed about

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. James 1:6 ESV

Sometimes we are more affected by things outside of ourselves than inside. Like the waves of the seas that are tossed about so our souls are flung around by the circumstances of our lives. Even still God welcomes us to come just like that to Him and find peace.

Life can be very hard. Things come at us sometimes like the waves in a storm, one after another, relentlessly. We are tossed about like a small boat, helpless to overcome them. Still, God allows us to ride on the tops of those waves if we look to Him. Ask Him to help you.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and acknowledge the waves in your life. Then consider their source. Can you identify what is causing them. Ask the Spirit to help you do that, then make this your simple prayer today “God, help me ride the tops of the waves.” 

Conflicts and Doubts

As sure as the seasons change, we each battle the two-headed monster of conflict and doubt. Sometimes one causes the other or vice versa. Either way, they are unavoidable.

It is simply not a question of whether you will have conflict or doubt, but when. They make focusing on God difficult as they threaten to pull our minds away from Him. They seem like things we would tend to want to avoid, but they can have a very refining effect on us.

With many a conflict many a doubt

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. James 1:7-8 ESV

Sometimes we are more affected by things inside of ourselves than outside. Our hearts and our minds struggle to find rest as we waver back and forth from trusting God and His word or not. That causes us to be unstable as it robs us of the stability we could know in Christ.

It is often conflict and doubt that create those waves, the result not of physical storms but mental, emotional and relational ones. What conflicts are you battling? What doubt are you facing? We all have them. The best of us simply learn Who to come to when we do.

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on the conflicts and doubts in your life. What effect are they having on you?  Are they tempting you to run from God, or to Him? Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Lord, help me bring conflicts and doubts to You.” 

God, thank You for the waves in my life. They encourage me to cling to You when I see them as passing through Your sovereign hands. Help me to always see them this way. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Single-Minded 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 33.5 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.

Just as I am though tossed about
With many a conflict many a doubt
Fightings and fears within without
O Lamb of God I come I come

Life can be very hard. Things come at us sometimes like the waves in a storm, one after another, relentlessly. We are tossed about like a small boat, helpless to overcome them. Still, God allows us to ride on the tops of those waves if we look to Him. Ask Him to help you.

God, help me ride the tops of the waves.

It is often conflict and doubt that create those waves, the result not of physical storms but mental, emotional and relational ones. What conflicts are you battling? What doubt are you facing? We all have them. The best of us simply learn who to come to when we do.

Lord, help me bring conflicts and doubts to You.

Sometimes the struggles are spiritual which can be very difficult to discern and even more challenging to master. Are you familiar with those fightings and fears that seem to return with regularity? Ask the Holy Spirit to help you identify them rightly and then bring them to God. 

Spirit, help me discern my fightings and fears.

Whether conflict, doubt, fighting or fears, we must learn to allow them only to drive us to God and never keep us from coming. He only allows them for that purpose yet we often fail to acknowledge this, embrace them and bring them to Jesus. Ask for His help to do that today.

Jesus, help me bring the things that may have kept me from You.

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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Just as I am Thy Love unknown
Hath broken ev’ry barrier down
Now to be Thine yes Thine alone
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this simple version of this popular hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

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

As we continue our journey through this beloved hymn come with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s tune our hearts.

Something in the Way

There was a time in each of our lives when we did not know the love of God. It was is if there was a fence there. We may have been able to see God’s love but we did not know it. We had no personal understanding or experience of it because something stood in the way.

What was that something? Our sin, or our trespasses. We were marked by the wrong things we had done and had no way of coming to understand God’s love for us. That is, until He made a way.

Just as I am Thy Love unknown

…God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—Ephesians 2:4-5 ESV

When we were dead in our sins we did not know his love. In his great mercy He made us alive by making His love known to us. We do not resurrect ourselves anymore than we discover his love. All these things demonstrations of his unmerited grace to each of us.

Can you recall what it was like to not know God‘s love for you? If you have known God’s love for some time it can be difficult to remember what it felt like when you did not. Take a few moments right now and ask the Holy Spirit to remind you what it was like to not know His love.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and try to recall what it was felt like before you knew God’s love for you. Maybe you were miserable. Maybe you were just ignorant. Either way, there was no lasting peace in your life. Make this your simple prayer today “Spirit, remind me what it was like to not know Your love.” 

Removing Barriers

But God tore through that fence created by our sin. Actually, he tore it down entirely. He made us one through His broken body.

But the barrier between us and Him is not the only barrier He has broken down. In tearing down that wall, He has made a way for every wall to be torn down. Walls between us and others. Walls within in our own hearts.

Hath broken ev’ry barrier down

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility…Ephesians 2:14ESV

His love ushers in His peace. Peace we were missing both with God and with one another. His love breaks down every barrier first between us and God and then between us and everyone else. We must learn to walk in His love so we can live in His peace.

Even before I knew His love, it had already broken every barrier down. What a picture of grace that God would do all that work not only before I would even know of it but also because I could never have come to know it without His help.Thank Him for doing it.

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on the barriers God has removed. Maybe there are some you feel are still there, but God has already effectively torn down. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Lord, thank You for breaking every barrier down.” 

God, thank You for tearing down eery dividing wall: between me and you and between me and others. Help me to live like they are down, and not to erect new ones. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Barrier-Free 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.

Like what you’re finding here?  Fill out the form to the right to get an email with each fresh post and updates of new tools to help you be Resonant.

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Video 33.4 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.

Just as I am Thy Love unknown
Hath broken ev’ry barrier down
Now to be Thine yes Thine alone
O Lamb of God I come I come

Can you recall what it was like to not know God‘s love for you? If you have known God’s love for some time it can be difficult to remember what it felt like when you did not. Take a few moments right now and ask the Holy Spirit to remind you what it was like to not know His love. 

Spirit, remind me what it was like to not know Your love.

Even before I knew His love, it had already broken every barrier down. What a picture of grace that God would do all that work not only before I would even know of it but also because I could never have come to know it without his help.Thank Him for doing it. 

Lord, thank You for breaking every barrier down.

My response to all that love? Giving myself to Him entirely, and Him alone. Easier said than done though. There are so many other things that come along that I want to give myself to, but I must remember that I have given myself to Him and must continue to do so. 

God, help me give myself to you and you alone every day.

When I come to Him I am reminded that I need to continue to give myself to him as one part of my continual response to the work of His love breaking down every barrier, most notably the one between me and him. Come to Jesus again today and respond to His love.

Jesus, I come in response to Your great love made known to 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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Just as I am Thou wilt receive
Wilt welcome pardon cleanse relieve
Because Thy Promise I believe
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this simple version of this popular hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

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

As we continue our journey through this beloved hymn come with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s tune our hearts.

He Will Receive

When you think of God what image comes to mind? For many I think it is some cosmic killjoy standing off at the end of existence idly watching events unfold. For others a malevolent father waiting to chastise his children every time they step out of line. For others some different woefully inadequate and inaccurate view of our Lord.

For me it is of a righteous, gracious King who offered His only Son to pay the penalty of our sins.

He receives us. All because of Jesus.

Just as I am Thou wilt receive

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 ESV

We are received based solely on the merits of Jesus Christ given for our salvation. We are drawn to the Father,  given eternal life and spared from never-ending anguish if we believe in Him. Even still few choose to come. Thank God for receiving you just as you are. 

We keep coming back to this central theme. There is nothing I have to do before I come to God. I do not have to get my act together, clean myself up, or somehow make amends for all my failures. I simply come. Just as I am. God receives me. Hallelujah!

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider what Jesus did so we could be received. God opens His hands up to accept us. We could never have been welcomed without the work Jesus did. Make this your simple prayer today “God, I praise You for receiving me.” 

He Will Pardon

While each one of these four words is very powerful, for some reason I am fixated on one in particular, pardon.

The first line talks about receive, so the word welcome is a very natural next step from that thought. The final word also is the natural and supernatural result of the middle two. The order of them is interesting, pardon and cleanse, which I would argue is intentional. He pardons us even before He cleanses us. He can do that because we are pardoned on the merits of Christ’s atoning sacrifice, and cleansed by His blood.

But what about that word pardon? To pardon is to forgive or excuse an error or offense. Legally, it means to release from the consequences of an offense or conviction. We were guilty, but God chose to pardon us.

Wilt welcome pardon cleanse relieve

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:7ESV

Wicked and unrighteous. Those are the words that describe us before we return to the Lord. His compassion is revealed in the sacrifice of His Son and flows to us through the quickening of our conscience by the Holy Spirit. We are abundantly pardoned. Give praise to God!

God can receive me as I am because He can do all the pardoning, cleansing and relieving that I could never accomplish on my own. That work clears the way for Him to receive me and even welcome me which is simply remarkable. Thank Jesus for welcoming You.

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on your abundant pardon. You were guilty, but God chose to pardon you, releasing you from all guilt, and opening up the opportunity to be welcomed. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Jesus, thank You for welcoming me.” 

God, I am so thankful you receive me, and that You make it very plain that You do. You welcome me and pardon me. Hallelujah! In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Pardoned 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.

Like what you’re finding here?  Fill out the form to the right to get an email with each fresh post and updates of new tools to help you be Resonant.

Please comment below and share if you have found this helpful in your journey of being more resonant.

Video 33.3 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.

Just as I am Thou wilt receive
Wilt welcome pardon cleanse relieve
Because Thy Promise I believe
O Lamb of God I come I come

We keep coming back to this central theme. There is nothing I have to do before I come to God. I do not have to get my act together, clean myself up, or somehow make amends for all my failures. I simply come. Just as I am. God receives me. Hallelujah!

God, I praise You for receiving me.

God can receive me as I am because He can do all the pardoning, cleansing and relieving that I could never accomplish on my own. That work clears the way for Him to receive me and even welcome me which is simply remarkable. Thank Jesus for welcoming You.

Jesus, thank You for welcoming me.

Though it is no small thing and many fail to do it, the only thing we must do is believe. Believe His promise. Believe that He has already accomplished everything needed to grant us access. Believe we can come. And demonstrate that by simply coming. Will you come today?

Spirit, help me to believe and come.

The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. John saw Him and exclaimed this truth. Have you ever done that? It is on the basis of this belief we can come at all so we should be quick to declare it. Believe it in your heart and confess it with your lips today.

Lord, help me to declare Your saving work.

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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Just as I am and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot
To Thee Whose Blood can cleanse each spot
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this simple version of this popular hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

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

As we continue our journey through this beloved hymn come with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s tune our hearts.

Stop Waiting

How often have we waited. Waited to get our act together. Waited to change our behavior. Waited…and for what? We have been granted access because of what Jesus has done yet sometimes we doubt and try to straighten things out before we come. Stop waiting.

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Is there something that is keeping you waiting? You know you can come just as you are right? And yet something is keeping you from calling on Him.

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Do you know what it is? Maybe it is some episode from your past. Some time you failed to do what God was leading you to do, or maybe some time you did something you know God was leading you NOT to do. We all have times like those in our lives, but they should not keep us from coming.

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Can you boldly sing the first line of this second stanza?

Just as I am and waiting not

And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,  I Peter 1:17 ESV

We must not wait to try to get ourselves together for we have no hope in being able to actually do so. Rather, we must call on Him as soon as we have the awareness that we need a Savior. Humble yourself and call on this Father who has first called on you.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider what may be keeping you from coming. Is there anything you can identify? Confess it and come. Make this your simple prayer today “Lord, teach me to stop waiting and come.” 

Many Blots

One dark blot? HA! How about a multitude of them!?!

Sometimes we stall because we are trying to clean up some blot in our past or on our soul. We are incapable of doing that. The sooner we accept that and place all our trust in His ability alone to remove those blots the sooner we can simply come before Him.

To rid my soul of one dark blot

knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, I Peter 1:18 ESV

Futile. That best describes our efforts of ridding ourselves of any of the dark blots on our souls. Whether we learned them from those who have gone before or not, it is not perishable things that will cleanse our souls. Are you trusting that futility?

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider that futility, trying to rid your soul of dark blots. We have been ransomed from those futile ways. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Spirit, I confess I can not rid my soul of blots.” Then trust Him to do the work only He can.

God, help me to run to You, not wasting another minute waiting to rid my soul of dark blots. I want to  In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Grateful 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.

Like what you’re finding here?  Fill out the form to the right to get an email with each fresh post and updates of new tools to help you be Resonant.

Please comment below and share if you have found this helpful in your journey of being more resonant.

Video 33.2 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.

Just as I am and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot
To Thee Whose Blood can cleanse each spot
O Lamb of God I come I come

How often have we waited. Waited to get our act together. Waited to change our behavior. Waited…and for what? We have been granted access because of what Jesus has done yet sometimes we doubt and try to straighten things out before we come. Stop waiting.

Lord, teach me to stop waiting and come.

Sometimes we stall because we are trying to clean up some blot in our past or on our soul. We are incapable of doing that. The sooner we accept that and place all our trust in His ability alone to remove those blots the sooner we can simply come before Him.

Spirit, I confess I can not rid my soul of blots.

Why can we not simply trust Him and the efficacy of His blood? Pride or at least a lack of humility? Does it seem too simple just to trust Him? Do we think we will find a better way? Yes, yes and yes. Yet when we surrender to His work alone we find cleansing and peace.

Jesus, help me trust in Your blood.

Will you just come today? What dark blot is holding you back? Bring it to the Savior and let Him deal with it, since you will not be able to do it on your own anyway. Stop waiting and simply come, just as you are, before the spotless Lamb of God who takes away blots.

Father, help me come just as I am.

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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Just as I am and waiting not – https://pixabay.com/photos/girl-time-time-pressure-worried-2786277/
To rid my soul of one dark blot – https://pixabay.com/illustrations/abstract-background-copy-space-313625/