Monday, May 16, 2011

You Are My Strength

I just wanna get this out before I go to sleep =]. Hopefully its no less encouraging.


"You Are My Strength" ~Hillsong

This is a very simple song.. but I sing it to God very often, especially when I feel tired. Of work, people, school... GOD is my strength. JESUS is my hope. HIS unfailing love is my encouragement. It's when I realize my weakness and I sing to Him songs with a heart of weakness that I recognize His strength and worship Him for who He is.

I just want to remind you that if you're going through rough times, He can be your strength. I think the hardest part, including for myself, is giving up my own strength for His mighty one.

Peace in Christ, everyone =].

Fire Fall Down

hi guys =]. it's been a while! and I don't have much to type out right now, but there have been a bunch of songs that i've been singing down the street all over the place, redirecting my mind and heart back onto God. oh yeah, they're all Hillsong-songs x].


"Fire Fall Down" ~Hillsong United

A long ago, I was talking to Vivian about how much I liked this song, and she brought up a really good thought about the bridge, which goes "Fire, fall down..fire, fall down on us...": "What does that mean? To pray for God's fire to fall down? Is that something we really want?" And it wasn't really since I've listened to it recently that I feel God had reminded me of the dual-meaning of fire. Because when we think of fire, especially fire that falls down, we think of Judgment, as in Sodom & Gomorrah. My pastor from my SD church mentioned how, in the end, Jesus will burn away all the weeds..all the things that don't glorify Him. And in my own life, I have all these weeds. These gross things that don't glorify Him, that hurt Him and others, etc.

God deserves only the things that will glorify Him, and I guess this bridge is asking God to not only to burn away the weeds, but to leave refined the things of gold He put in us. It reminded me of the verse in 1 Cor 3:12-13 - "If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work." I know that God will, in the very end, burn away all the displeasing things.. but I'm just praying for that longing for Him to do that in me now as well.

I also really like the verses :]. and the chorus.

These hands are Yours
Teach them to serve as You please
And I'll reach out
Desperate to see all the greatness of God
May my soul rest assured in You

'Cuz I know that You're alive
You came to fix my broken life
And I'll sing to glorify
Your Holy Name,
Jesus Christ