joyborn

God moved me today like never before. i'm surprised i'm even able to write. i went over to the satellite campus with my dad today to hear some ladies from the church sing. dad had to be there to play piano for them and i also made him go with me to my doctor's appointment this morning.

two sidenotes on that:
1. while at the doctor's appointment, i had to get a shot. it hurt. a lot.
2. i pulled the pity card and made dad buy me starbucks afterwards. pumpkin spice frap = amazing.

anyways, while dad was playing piano, i kind of listened to these ladies sing the same ole christmas songs. but then they began to sing "oh holy night." i wanted to see how this one would go because of the high notes that were in the song and because its one of my favorites. but as these ladies began to sing, i started to listen in closely to the words.

"Fall on your knees. Oh, hear the angel voices..."

literally, i felt God move. its the most indescribable feeling i've ever had. and then it occurred to me. God, the Creator of the Universe, the Infinite One, the Great I AM, sent His Son to save me. WHY? the Prince of Heaven had arrived on earth. for me. something is radically wrong. Jesus Christ, my Lord, my Savior, the warrior of my soul has just been born. who am i that God would give up His son for me, a unworthy sinner? i began to go weak in the knees from the millions of thoughts that flowed from that one phrase in this song.

i wanted to fall to my knees. i should have gotten facedown to the floor and cried out to God. i began to think of the supernatural events that were taking place on that very night. angels filled the sky singing praise to God. demons ran in fear because they knew their days were numbered. the spiritual battle over our souls had just taken a drastic turn. God sent in His son, the One who would save us all. no more pain, no more sorrow, no more hurt because of this one child. this one child would be the Savior of the world. Praise God!

"and in His name, all oppression shall cease..."

i love that line. it just sounds so commanding. "And In His Name..." ah, i love it. it just cries out "nothing is impossible for God. absolutely nothing so don't even try."

i'm beginning to lose words for my feelings about today. there's only so much i can say and then i become speechless and in awe. i still cannot comprehend everything that happened on that holy night. the other lines that really get me are...

"let all within us praise His Name forever. Christ is the Lord. Oh praise His name forever..."

it doesn't say halfway sing His praises. it doesn't say sway with the music. it says, it commands more like it, that with all that we are we are to praise Christ Jesus. everything else is meaningless. nothing else matters. for the rest of our lives, for all of eternity we are to praise Christ with everything we are. the passion that we feel should burn within us. we should be left completely poured out but yet filled again. comprende? probably not, but hopefully you understand what i mean. we are to present ourselves to God, completely pour out everything we are so that are left empty but yet satisfied. no not satisfied because we are never to be satisfied in our walk. then we'll settle and be content.

God is enough for us. we are not enough for God. but He takes all that we are anyways.

sorry i know i got off track, but the words kept coming. my point in this blog was it blows my mind that God can use something like hearing a christmas song that i've heard millions of times before and turn it into a moving and powerful moment that i will never forget. praise God. with all that i am, praise God.

so the next time you hear a Christmas song that talks about the birth of Jesus, really listen to it. fall on your knees even and praise His holy name.

"His power and glory evermore proclaim..."