Forever Reign by Hillsong United.
I can't live without music. I like many different styles of music, though I rarely listen to music with just any old lyrics. I have to be careful that the music I listen to is edifying or I find myself not doing very well. Country music is the worst! I catch myself crying and I have to turn it off fairly quickly or I'll be feeling blue all day long! Music gets in there and affects me deeply.
Worship music, though, is my favorite. It is as vital to my ability to commune with God as prayer and time in my Word. It's why I'm lugging around a ginormous keyboard to the other side of the world when it would be far easier to leave it behind! Music speaks to the innermost parts of me and without the opportunity to worship through music, I...wither.
God knows this about me. He knows how deeply I feel music and it seems like in just about every difficult season of my life (especially the moves we've made) He gives me a song that brings comfort. I actually only just realized the pattern today, but when I started to look back at major transitions in life, I have an anthem for each one. For our move to Mexico from Ecuador, it was "Desde Mi Interior." (the Spanish version of "Inside Out" by Hillsong United) When we were preparing to leave Mexico for the U.S. it was "Revelation Song" by Kari Jobe. There are many more examples, but I'll stop there.
God gave me my anthem for this season of life today. I wasn't looking for one, mind you, but they played this song at the church we visited today and I instantly began to cry. I felt in my spirit right then and there, that this "new-to-me" song was a gift from God - another anthem for another major transition in my life. Wow. The fact that God would bother to give me such a small thing to cling to is even more beautiful than the song itself.
His love is always enough. Nothing compares to Him. He's all that I can never be and He's all I'll ever need. I think He's worth it, don't you?
My favorite video of this song can be found here on youtube. Or, you can read along with the lyrics in the video below.
Worship music, though, is my favorite. It is as vital to my ability to commune with God as prayer and time in my Word. It's why I'm lugging around a ginormous keyboard to the other side of the world when it would be far easier to leave it behind! Music speaks to the innermost parts of me and without the opportunity to worship through music, I...wither.
God knows this about me. He knows how deeply I feel music and it seems like in just about every difficult season of my life (especially the moves we've made) He gives me a song that brings comfort. I actually only just realized the pattern today, but when I started to look back at major transitions in life, I have an anthem for each one. For our move to Mexico from Ecuador, it was "Desde Mi Interior." (the Spanish version of "Inside Out" by Hillsong United) When we were preparing to leave Mexico for the U.S. it was "Revelation Song" by Kari Jobe. There are many more examples, but I'll stop there.
God gave me my anthem for this season of life today. I wasn't looking for one, mind you, but they played this song at the church we visited today and I instantly began to cry. I felt in my spirit right then and there, that this "new-to-me" song was a gift from God - another anthem for another major transition in my life. Wow. The fact that God would bother to give me such a small thing to cling to is even more beautiful than the song itself.
His love is always enough. Nothing compares to Him. He's all that I can never be and He's all I'll ever need. I think He's worth it, don't you?
My favorite video of this song can be found here on youtube. Or, you can read along with the lyrics in the video below.
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