Was actually supposed to be in the worship band, but Yeepeng decided to give me a break, and slotted me out. Looking back, I'm really thankful for it. And it couldn't have been more timely.
I really needed the rest...from within. It was really a time of refreshing for me through the service. No...not really those 'feel-good' type of refreshing...more of being refreshed by the intimacy with God.
Psalm 33 worked its way into my heart, as I read it before the worship started.
"From His dwelling place He looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works."Psalm 33:14-15
I was approaching a God who knows me more deeply and intimately, than I do. And the songs just flowed, as it drew me to place of kneeling before Him. Refreshing tears flowed as I felt the freedom to cry out from within to Him, as I brought my broken weary heart before Him.
And then another verse that had jumped out at me earlier, resonated off Yeepeng's lips...
...and then...stillness. It was too precious a moment to let go. He knows, and He cares. Perhaps that is 1 thing that He wants me to remember, in this season."Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope for His lovingkindness, to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine."Psalm 33:18-19
The cup of refreshment was then filled to the brim, with the sharing of Rev. Daniel Wee...
David, we know of too well. We read of psalms and sing of songs telling about David slinging down Goliath, the affections of his heart after God. But what of Obed-edom? No choruses to point to his faithfulness, in service unto God. Any encounter he may have had with God, was not chronicled. Yet, the life he lived most probably spoke much more than what we could ever hope to have, in that few verses of him.
He didn't ask for the ark, yet it found him. The things he had to surrender and give up to follow God...literally. The multitude of things he served in. To stay where others run.
Pain and joy that goes untold, giving way to a bigger statement about this God he encountered. The verses given to account his life was minimal...yet enough to remind me of what it means when a life is captivated, by God.
...and the cup overflows.
How I need to drink from it.
And He knows, for so forgetful and foolish, I can be, to forget His promise to never walk away or leave behind,
His promise of a lifetime.
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[Promise of a Lifetime] - Kutless, 'Hearts of the Innocent'
I have fallen to my knees
As I sing a lullaby of pain
I'm feeling broken in my melody
As I sing to help the tears go away
Then I remember the pledge You made to me
I know You're always there
To hear my every prayer inside
I'm clinging to the promise of a lifetime
I hear the words You say
To never walk away from me and leave behind
The promise of a lifetime
Will You help me fall apart
Pick me up, take me in Your arms
Find my way back from the storm
And You show me how to grow
Through the change
I still remember the pledge You made to me
I am holding on to the hope I have inside
With You I will stay through every day
Putting my understanding aside
And I am comforted
To know You're always there
To hear my every prayer inside I'm clinging to
The promise of a lifetime
I hear the words You say
To never walk away from me and leave behind
The promise of a lifetime
I know You're always there
To hear my every prayer inside I'm clinging to
The promise of a lifetime
Looking back at me
I know that You can see my heart is holding to
The promise of a lifetime
to surrender my understanding for Your presence,
i am comforted