Exciting Motivation

I read this verse in my Bible today:

For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those wh have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD. Therefore encourage one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 (NET)

That is what I am doing today...encouraging you with these words. Jesus wants to be with you! He loves when we worship and express our love to him in that way!

What an awesome thought, that Jesus would be willing to come back to a world that decided that they would be better off if he were dead. The same world that hung him on the cross. The same world that rejected him as Lord.

I picked someone up this morning. This person didn't know the exact time I was going to show up, but he was standing outside, bags packed, waiting at the end of his driveway. All I had to do was drive up, he hopped in, and we were off. I can remember when people have come to pick me up, and I have told them that I was ready, but I still had to put my shoes on, grab my bag, go out the door, etc. Was I really ready?

If anything is left undone in our lives when he returns, there will be no time to tie shoes, no time to pack bags. We must be ready completely,
bags packed, shoes on and ready to go.

He IS coming back, and he is coming back for the ones that radically love him. Ones that are ready and waiting for him.

Priority of the Worshipper

I have been considering a question today: Which is more important, a great worship song, or a great worshipper?
It seems sometimes that a great worship song can get a great response from one corporate setting, and do nothing for another group. There seems to be a disconnect sometimes no matter what songs are being sung.
I guess I just want to say that we do not worship songs, we worship the one that the song was written for. I have heard people say, "That song just doesn't do anything for me", but isn't isn't it about what the song does for the Lord? When we say that, we have the wrong perspective on worship. God doesn't enjoy the song unless someone is singing it! God enjoys YOU more than he enjoys the song.
Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart - 1 Sam. 16:7
Let's make our hearts something that the LORD enjoys looking at!