I don't really know where I am going with this blog, so I am just going to type and hope that it comes out the way I want it to! I have recently been listening to Christian music a lot more then cecullar music. (This was a really good thing/decision.) I realized that as I started to listen to Christian music more, I could feel God's presence with me at all times. Instead of having to wait until I got home to get myself into a place of worship I could be sitting in French class doing my independent work, and still be in that place of worship. I began to take a new look at things, I felt as though I was looking through Jesus' eyes. Being filled with his spirit 24/7 really put a new look on everything.
I began to see more of the hurting, lost, and desperate. I began to push past myself, and reach my hand out unto others. I would listen to the words of these songs, and see it in my school. In the students, my friends, acquaintances, and even teachers.
I listen to Pandora, and I listen to the Misty Edwards station. One of her songs came on that was based off of Isaiah 49. I could not stop listening to this song, all day long it would re-play in my head. Over and over agian. I knew as soon as I got home I would look this verse up, and pray on it.
Isaiah 49: 1-6
Listen to me, all you in distant lands!
Pay attention, you who are far away!
The Lord called me before my birth;
Pay attention, you who are far away!
The Lord called me before my birth;
from within the womb he called me by name.
2 He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword.
He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand.
I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver.
He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand.
I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver.
3 He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel,
and you will bring me glory.”
and you will bring me glory.”
4 I replied, “But my work seems so useless!
I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose.
Yet I leave it all in the Lord’s hand;
I will trust God for my reward.”
I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose.
Yet I leave it all in the Lord’s hand;
I will trust God for my reward.”
5 And now the Lord speaks—
the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant,
who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him.
The Lord has honored me,
and my God has given me strength.
6 He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me.
I will make you a light to the Gentiles,
and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant,
who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him.
The Lord has honored me,
and my God has given me strength.
6 He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me.
I will make you a light to the Gentiles,
and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
What does this verse mean to me? It's like I said up there. I had let go of myself, and I stepped out of who I was . I stepped out of my comfort zone. I became the Lord's servant at school. Verse 6 says,
6 He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me.
I will make you a light to the Gentiles,
and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
I will make you a light to the Gentiles,
and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
I am not just helping to restore the lost and hurt. I am a bright light shining as I walk the halls of my school. I am a servant of my Lord, and my school will be changed. Funny though.
I changed one thing. I stopped listening to ceccular music, and replaced it with Christian music. This change changed me, and it will change my school. What changes will you bring upon yourself, your school, this world?
(P.S. sorry it was scattered and slightly confusing! I hope you got something out of it!)
I love this!!! Such a great blog. I'm really impressed with your leadership lately. You're taking charge and I see it working. You're a light. You always have been. So happy you can see it now, too, with the rest of us. Question is - where do you start?:)
ReplyDeleteLove! Its amazing how what we put into our minds changes us so much. Its as simple as changing a song, then changing a mindset, then changing a school, then changing a community, and then the nation and the nations.
ReplyDeletechange for God feels great sometimes, doesn't it? :) loved the blog!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written...that old saying, garbage in/garbage out is more true than we realize at times. It's amazing how making such a change as what we let in our hearts can change us outwardly as well and help to empower us to reach out to others.
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