"Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades.
Never ending,
Your glory goes beyond all fame.
And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise
From the inside out..."
A few weeks ago, I was singing this worship song ("From the Inside Out" by Hillsong United) at a church in Canada far from home.
If you know me, you know I'm not a big-time crier, but as soon as I heard the intro., I started to tear up. There's something about this song and the role it has played at different moments in my life that gets to me. I absolutely love the message: God is always there no matter what and He is worthy of the kind of praise that comes from the inside out.
Why?
Today's passage illustrated the answer. Let's review:
God is sheer mercy and grace;
not easily angered,
he's rich
in love.
He doesn't endlessly nag and scold,
nor hold grudges forever.
He doesn't treat us as our sins deserve,
nor pay us back in full for our wrongs.
As high as heaven is over the earth,
so strong is his love to those who fear him.
And as far as sunrise is from sunset,
he has separated us from our sins.
As parents feel for their children,
God feels for those who fear him.
He knows us inside and out,
keeps in mind that we're made of mud.
Men and women don't live very long;
like wildflowers they spring up and blossom,
But a storm snuffs them out just as quickly,
leaving nothing to show they were here.
God's love, though, is ever and always,
eternally present to all who fear him...
God deserves my inside-out worship because He loves me (and you, too) with an inside-out love. He knows everything about us and continues to love us anyway. His Word doesn't just tell us that He loves us--it demonstrates just how much He have loved us throughout time with a sacrificial, life-giving kind of love.
Tomorrow: Psalm 106-107
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