O worship the King all glorious above
And gratefully sing His power and His love
Our Shield and Defender the Ancient of Days
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise

O Worship the King 1561
By: William Kethe (?-1594)

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As we begin our journey through this ancient hymn prepare to get in on the worship. If you are going to issue this call to worship with any authenticity you need to make certain you are engaged in worship. Let’s tune our hearts.

All Glorious Above

Just look up.

What you see will inspire you on so many levels.

• We are infinitely small
• Creation is infinitely large
• This evokes worship from deep within, but Who is the object
• There must be a grand design behind it all, look at the artistry
• There must be a designer, who is also quite an artist
• I will worship the Creator

Looking up has always generated a great deal of awe within my soul. Even before I knew who the object of my worship was, I wanted to offer it. This hymn gives voice to so many of the reasons the Pslamists give for offering our worship to God, yet still we must choose to respond. Will you hold back you praise today or offer it freely?

O worship the King all glorious above

Bless the Lord, O my soul!
   O Lord my God, you are very great!
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
   covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    stretching out the heavens like a tent. Psalm 104:1-2 ESV

What a fantastic opening to this classic hymn! An admonition to bless the Lord complete with the reasons why. He is the glorious King over all. We look into the skies which tell of His glory and join them in declaring His splendor and majesty. Will you extend the call to worship today?

Our eternal occupation complete with the reason why it will be. There is no one like our King and we must welcome others into the grand procession made up of His worshippers. We must not keep His glory to ourselves. How will you make it known today?

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and ask God to reveal His glory to you. Maybe step outside and look up as you do. Make this your simple prayer today “Father, help me make Your glory known.” Then trust Him to help you live it.

Gratefully Sing

When we begin to have a sense of just our worship our King is our response is offering Him the worship He alone deserves. But maybe you do not see yourself as much of a singer. Please do not let that stop you!

We live in such a performance culture that many Christians are afraid of showing off, or not measuring up. This keeps them from singing sometimes and that is sad. A grateful heart should always be free to express that gratitude, not to mention our King is worthy of an eternity of it.

And gratefully sing His power and His love

I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High. Psalm 7:17 ESV

We sing praise to Him for His work in creation and the way that His work in re-creation brings together His power and His love. With grateful hearts we extol the Lord with our lips and with our lives for none is worthy of our worship but this King, our King! Gratefully sing!

Not only sing, but gratefully sing. He is worthy of such songs because He has put on display a combination of power and love that is unparalleled. He put His power to work on our behalf declaring His love for us on the cross where He defeated death. Hallelujah!

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider how you will gratefully sing today. Ponder the cross for a moment and let your gratitude simply well up into a song of praise. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Jesus, help me sing grateful songs.” Then trust the Spirit to help you practice that every day.

Jesus, thank You all You have done. Your work in creation and re-creation both inspire songs of grateful praise. I will offer them to You as long as I have breath. 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.

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Video 32.1 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.

O worship the King all glorious above
And gratefully sing His power and His love
Our Shield and Defender the Ancient of Days
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise

Our eternal occupation complete with the reason why it will be. There is no one like our King and we must welcome others into the grand procession made up of His worshippers. We must not keep His glory to ourselves. How will you make it known today?

Father, help me make Your glory known.

Not only sing, but gratefully sing. He is worthy of such songs because He has put on display a combination of power and love that is unparalleled. He put His power to work on our behalf declaring His love for us on the cross where He defeated death. Gratefully sing!

Jesus, help me sing grateful songs.

Not only has He redeemed us but He also protects us. This does not mean that we do not suffer or go through painful things for we live in a fallen world. It does remind us that we never do so alone. What do you need shielded from or defended against today?

Spirit, help me rest in Your protection today.

The heavens create a pavilion which puts the glory of our King on display, and the rest of creation declares His praise as well, but are you doing your part? Are you adding your praise to the cacophony of creation or are you mostly silent? Lift your voice in worship today!

Lord, empower my praise.

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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This is my story this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long
This is my story this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long

Blessed Assurance 1873
By: Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)

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

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Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

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

As we begin our journey through this well-beloved hymn rest in the assurance being in Christ provides to you. This is our story and song, praising Jesus all the day long. Let’s tune our hearts.

What’s Your Story?

Normally you ask someone this question when you are trying to get to know them. Sometimes you might ask it when you are trying to understand a particular response to a situation. But here I want you to think about your own answer to the question in terms of what it reveals is important to you.

We tend to spend our time and energy on things we value. Antique cars. Reading. Meal planning.

The things that we spend our time and energy doing become key components to the story of our lives. As those things change with different seasons we live the different chapters of our lives, but some things remain constant. What are the constants in your life?

For a Christian, Jesus should be one of those constants. Actually, He should be the one that towers over all the others. Is that true of your life?

This is my story this is my song

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1 John 5:11 ESV

Before we find the assurance of eternal life in Jesus, we are each living a very different story. When we find rest in what He has accomplished for us our story changes dramatically as we begin to testify or tell the world the story of Jesus with our lives.

What’s your story? Our stories are so important. They let others now what has shaped us and give insight into what is important to us. If someone were to research your life would they discover Jesus as an integral part of it? Determine now to make it so from this day forth.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and ask God to reveal to you what is important to you. Is Jesus the main character in your story, or does He play a lessor role? Make this your simple prayer today “God, make my story all about Jesus.” Then trust Jesus to help you live it.

How will you praise?

He is worthy of all praise. Will you commit to offering it to Him? If so, how will you do that?

You can give Him praise when you tell your story. When someone asks how your day is going you can give Him praise. When someone asks what you are doing you can point back to Him. When someone asks “What is your story?” you can point them to Jesus.

Praising my Savior all the day long

Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. Psalm 147:1 ESV

One of the ways we testify is by giving praise to God. Sometimes we speak that praise and other times we sing it, but most importantly it becomes our way of life. Is praising your Savior something you do regularly, or occasionally? Commit to doing it more every day.

When you stop and think about what Jesus has done the most appropriate response is to give Him praise for His saving work. If He is your Savior, if you are trusting only in His finished work on the cross to make you right with Father God, then praising Him should come very easy.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider how you will praise Jesus today. If you share any of your story, make certain He is a part of it. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Jesus, help me praise You for Your saving work.” Then trust the Spirit to help you practice that every day.

Jesus, thank You for writing the story of my life. Help me to tell others about You every time I tell any part of it. You are the best part of my story. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Diligent 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 31.4 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.

This is my story this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long
This is my story this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long

What’s your story? Our stories are so important. They let others now what has shaped us and give insight into what is important to us. If someone were to research your life would they discover Jesus as an integral part of it? Determine now to make it so from this day forth.

God, make my story all about Jesus.

When you stop and think about what Jesus has done the most appropriate response is to give Him praise for His saving work. If He is your Savior, if you are trusting only in His finished work on the cross to make you right with Father God, then praising Him should come very easy.

Jesus, help me praise You for Your saving work.

Not only my story but also my song. We can choose to sing many different ones but we must sing Jesus and our assurance in Him first and foremost. One song says, “Worthy of every song we could ever sing.” I could not have said, or sung it any better. He alone is worthy of all praise.

Spirit, help me sing of Jesus.

All the day long? Really? Really. We must never grow weary of declaring our praise to and of Jesus. Whether horizontal, to other humans, or vertical, to God alone, His praise must remain on our lips as long as we have breath. Commit today to praise Him all the days of your life.

Lord, I commit to praise you all my days.

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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Perfect submission all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest
Watching and waiting looking above
Filled with His goodness lost in His love

Blessed Assurance 1873
By: Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)

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

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Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

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

As we begin our journey through this well-beloved hymn rest in the assurance being in Christ provides to you. This is our story and song, praising Jesus all the day long. Let’s tune our hearts.

How Can a Yoke Lead to Rest?

The beast of burden pictured above conjures all kinds of thoughts I imagine. The point of it for our purposes here is to illustrate something Jesus taught. It pertains to the connection between a yoke and rest.

A yoke is the collar worn by an ox or other animal that connects to different tools and allow a farmer to use the power of the animal to assist his work, i.e. planting, cultivating or harvesting.  When Jesus used that term in addressing his largely agrerian audience, they would have understand what He was teaching. We might not.

Jesus is teaching that the yoke of His words was much lighter than that of the religious leaders and Pharisees. Taking His yoke would lead to rest as opposed to constant turmoil, labor and uncertainty. Their yoke was very heavy and His was not.

When we learn Jesus’ way and being to walk in it we find a rest for our souls that was before unimaginable. But it is still work. Simply not nearly as toilsome as others we might choose.

Perfect submission all is at rest

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:29 ESV

What is the best way to find rest for your soul? Submit to God. Taking His yoke means learning His ways. When we determine to do that we position ourselves to learn how to rest even in the midst of our doing, because we remove the toil of wrestling with God. Take His yoke.

When we learn to submit perfectly to God’s will we discover the marvel of things coming to a place of rest in our souls. That does not mean there is no chaos around us, simply that there is none within us. All is at rest. Ask God to help you discover that today.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments ask God to show you how well you know HIs yoke. People often think they know God better than they actually do. Be certain that is not the case for you. Make this your simple prayer today “God, help me discover Your rest through surrender.” Then trust Jesus to help you it.

Living IN Jesus

Maybe even more difficult to understand than finding rest in …… is how to live IN Jesus. Much of our evangelical language creates imagery of Jesus coming to live in our hearts, in us, and while this is true it could be limiting our understanding of what it means to give our lives to Christ and find new life in Him. Think about it this way.

When you walk outside and the sun is shining you are walking in the light. The presence of the sunlight is everywhere. You can bask in it and enjoy it’s warmth and brightness or you can shield yourself from it’s effect.

In a similar way, when you surrender your life to Christ and begin your walk with Him you are walking in the Son. His presence is everywhere. You can bask in it and enjoy His warmth and brightness or you can shield yourself from it’s effect.

The choice is yours.

There is an inextricable connection between your happiness and your living in Christ. Are there happy people who know nothing of Christ? Of course, but it could be argued there happiness is not an enduring, eternal one, but a more temporary, temporal one. Still happiness, just not like that which a Son-follower an know at the deepest level. That is what the hymn writer is asserting.

I in my Savior am happy and blest

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, Ephesians 1:3 ESV

Where is the most certain place to find happiness and blessing? In Christ. But what does that mean? I am no longer more concerned about my purposes and ways, but am learning to surrender to His. My life is hid with God in Christ. There I am happy and blest.

That rest comes in proportion to the extent we live with an awareness of being in Christ. We surrender to His will and gradually learn the wonder of our lives being in His. This ushers in not only rest, but happiness and blessing beyond imagination. Ask Jesus to help you live in Him.

Jesus, help me live my life in You.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider how aware you are of Christ’s presence through your day. It can make all the difference in your happiness. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Jesus, help me live my life in You.” Then trust the Spirit to help you practice that every day.

Jesus, thank You for the light and life of Your presence. Help me to walk every day with a greater awareness of these incredible truths. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Radiant 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 31.3 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.

Perfect submission all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest
Watching and waiting looking above
Filled with His goodness lost in His love

When we learn to submit perfectly to God’s will we discover the marvel of things coming to a place of rest in our souls. That does not mean there is no chaos around us, simply that there is none within us. All is at rest. Ask God to help you discover that today.

God, help me discover Your rest through surrender.

That rest comes in proportion to the extent we live with an awareness of being in Christ. We surrender to His will and gradually learn the wonder of our lives being in His. This ushers in not only rest, but happiness and blessing beyond imagination. Ask Jesus to help you live in Him.

Jesus, help me live my life in You.

There is an incredible blessing in learning to live in Christ, but greater still is the delight that will be ours when we are finally in His presence eternally. To that end, we learn to watch and wait for His return because of the promise it holds. Ask the Spirit to remind you to look up.

Spirit, remind me to look up.

Even while we wait we are overwhelmed by His goodness and love toward us. This is remarkable for we still live in a fallen world filled with hatred and badness. His presence with us in the midst of them is a blessing beyond measure. Thank the Lord for His presence.

Lord, thank You for Your presence.

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 Finding Rest and Being Blest in Surrender appeared first on Resonant 7.

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Perfect submission perfect delight
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy whispers of love

Blessed Assurance 1873
By: Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)

Listen to this worshipful version of this 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 begin our journey through this well-beloved hymn rest in the assurance being in Christ provides to you. This is our story and song, praising Jesus all the day long. Let’s tune our hearts.

Two Sides of the Same Coin?

I think that image above expresses how many of us think of submission and delight respectively. Submission is a drag, so why would I want to pursue that? Delight, on the other hand, is a blast, so bring it on!

The real power is unleashed in our spiritual stories when we realize these two are actually connected at a very basic level. Submission to God allows us to find delight in Him. Delight in God makes submission to Him much easier. They influence and enable each other greatly. This realization gives us some motivation to actually pursue submission rather than avoiding it.

The writer not only connects these two seemingly opposing pursuits but esteems a particular brand of them, perfection. While we make it our aim, we are mindful that experiential perfection only exists in heaven. With this in mind, the interplay of these two also encourages us to lift our gaze.

Perfect submission perfect delight

I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. Psalm 40:8 ESV

When we begin to walk in the assurance of Jesus a new way of seeing the world opens before us. We begin to learn the delight of knowing and doing the will of God, but even still that is not an easy path. We need help. Thanks be to God He gives it. Delight in submitting to Jesus.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and thank God for the twins of submission and delight. Few people ever realize how connected these two pursuits are. Will you be one of them? Make this your simple prayer today “Jesus, help me to submit and delight in You.” Then trust Jesus to help you do them both.

Eyes to See

This stanza interestingly uses the senses of sight and sound to create a heightened awareness of God’s activity in our lives. In this part we are encouraged to consider the things that God wants to to show us, namely visions of angelic messengers. Scripture has a lot to say about these servants of God.

The visions the writer is speaking about are ones which elicit rapture or joy. Remember the context for being able to see these visions? Submission and delight. God does not have to show us these joy-evoking visions, but He apparently chooses to do so on the heels of our finding pleasure in surrender.

Stop and imagine for a minute what it might be like to see such visions. Having submitted to God and found joy in that submission, He opens your eyes to see things that bring great joy. What kinds of things? Maybe you have prayed for something to come to pass and he gives you a glimpse of it. Maybe you have prayed for reconciliation in a relationship and He shows signs of it happening. Maybe you have interceded for years for someone to find peace in Jesus and He reveals indicators that may be happening.

Whatever those visions are they are a gift from God. That is especially true if they are visions like the one described below. Oh to see visions like this!

Visions of rapture now burst on my sight

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Luke 15:10 ESV

One soul turning to Jesus causes joy among the servants of God, both earthly and heavenly. Oh for eyes to see the response of the angels over our repentance. It pleases God when we turn to Him, but it also pleases the angels of God, and welcomes their work on our behalf.

The angels rejoice right along with our Father as we turn to Him in faith. The Scripture tells us they rejoice over one sinner who repents. Are you one of those who has repented? Want to see the angels rejoicing? Turn to God today and watch the visions of joy burst on your spiritual sight.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider how you can cultivate your spiritual sight. Are there areas of your life that lack submission or delight? We must live lives of repentance where we are constantly turning to God. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Father, I turn to You today.” Then trust the Spirit to help you practice that every day.

Spirit teach me how to walk each day in submission and delight, finding the perfection of Your will ever unfolding before me. Forgive me for sometimes choosing a different path. Help me turn back to You wherever I stray. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Repentant 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 31.2 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.

Perfect submission perfect delight
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy whispers of love

Submission and delight may not seem to go together but they are actually two sides of a coin, as it were. Submission to God allows us to find delight in Him. Delight in God makes submission to Him much easier. They also seem to unlock some heavenly assistance.

Jesus, help me to submit and delight in You.

The angels rejoice right along with our Father as we turn to Him in faith. The Scripture tells us they rejoice over one sinner who repents. Are you one of those who has repented? Want to see the angels rejoicing? Turn to God today and watch the visions of joy burst on your spiritual sight.

Father, I turn to You today.

Angels descend bringing things from the Father to us. What an incredible and powerful truth! God sends His messengers to us to bring us what we need. This becomes our story and our song when we determine to praise our Savior. Look up. Help is on the way!

Jesus, help me praise You today.

Mercy and love. Who would not welcome more of those into their lives? What a beautiful description of the things God sends to us by way of His angelic messengers. What kind of echoes do you need to hear today? Ask the Spirit to open your ears to hear.

Spirit, open my ears to hear those echoes.

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 Discovering Pleasure in Surrender appeared first on Resonant 7.

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Blessed assurance Jesus is mine
O what a foretaste of glory divine
Heir of salvation purchase of God
Born of His Spirit washed in His blood

Blessed Assurance 1873
By: Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)

Listen to this worshipful version of this 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 begin our journey through this well-beloved hymn rest in the assurance being in Christ provides to you. This is our story and song, praising Jesus all the day long. Let’s tune our hearts.

Blessed Assurance

What assurance can you give me?

That might be one of the most common usages of this word. An assurance is a positive declaration intended to give confidence, or more simply a promise. What was the last promise you made? Did you follow through on your assurance?

Good news for us…God already has. I suppose you could ask him this way. “God, what assurance can you give me that I can be forgiven of all my sins and will dwell with you eternally?” His response is simple. One word, Jesus.

Blessed assurance Jesus is mine

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

One of the best-loved hymns gives expression to one of the most well-known Scriptures. I have this assurance that because God gave Jesus I have eternal life. Many other things may happen in life, both tragedies and triumphs, but I have this assurance…Jesus is mine!

What a blessing to have the assurance of a Savior! It is a blessing every day, but especially on days when things are hard, taking a toll on your soul. How sweet it is to know even on those days there is one who will never leave us or forsake us. Thank Jesus for that assurance.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and thank God for the assurance you have in Christ. Many people never find peace with God because they fail to grasp the power of this assurance. Maybe you have struggled to have confidence in your salvation. Make this your simple prayer today “Jesus, thank You for blessed assurance.” Then trust Jesus to find that blessed assurance.

Glory Divine

It is difficult for us to imagine what it will be like to finally be in the very presence of God. The Scripture tells us some things about that existence, but still it is challenging to comprehend the reality of it. For me the grandeur of a multi-colored sunset stimulates by senses and creates a great context for me to consider what that glory divine will at least look like, though I am certain it will be far better.

Though there are tastes of divine glory in creation and our relationships with one another, the best foretaste of the glory that awaits us in full is the presence of Christ in us here and now. The Scripture bears out very clearly that He has come to make His dwelling not only among us but in us.

How are you welcoming that divine glory to be experienced in your life? How are you cultivating your awareness of Christ in you? The is no more worthwhile pursuit known to man.

O what a foretaste of glory divine

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27 ESV

What is that foretaste of divine glory? Christ in us, the hope of glory. What an incredible mystery that is, the riches of the glory of Christ, deposited in us! Does that foretaste leave you craving for more or do you find yourself satisfied? Like any appetizer it is only the first taste.

Jesus in us is that foretaste of glory. This world is not our home. We are longing for another time and another place, to dwell in the presence of God forever. Jesus gives us a taste of that by coming and dwelling in us now. How will you cultivate your awareness of that today?

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider how you can welcome the presence of Christ. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Jesus, cultivate my awareness of Your presence.” Then trust the Spirit to help you practice that every day.

Spirit teach me how to walk each day with a greater awareness of the glory divine that dwells in me in the person of Jesus Christ. Forgive me for taking that for granted. Help me cherish and future it everyday. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Assured Tuning!

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Video 31.1 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.

Blessed assurance Jesus is mine
O what a foretaste of glory divine
Heir of salvation purchase of God
Born of His Spirit washed in His blood

What a blessing to have the assurance of a Savior! It is a blessing every day, but especially on days when things are hard, taking a toll on your soul. How sweet it is to know even on those days there is one who will never leave us or forsake us. Thank Jesus for that assurance.

Jesus, thank You for blessed assurance.

Jesus in us is that foretaste of glory. This world is not our home. We are longing for another time and another place, to dwell in the presence of God forever. Jesus gives us a taste of that by coming and dwelling in us now. How will you cultivate your awareness of that today.

Jesus, cultivate my awareness of Your presence.

God has purchased us with the sacrificial life of His Son and in so doing made us heirs of salvation. Think about what that cost the Father to offer His only Son to bring many others to glory. Give praise to the Father for making you an heir to salvation though it cost Him so much.

Father, I praise You for making me an heir to salvation.

We are born again into eternal life when we are washed clean by the blood of Jesus our Savior. The Spirit applies the work of Christ to us and gives us life though we were dead from our sins. Have you asked Jesus to cleanse you and the Spirit to give you new life?

Spirit, give me new life through Christ.

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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