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King Of My Heart (Show #92)
#KingOfMyHeart (Video Below)
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Song of the King
As worship leaders and those in ministry and music, we can be overwhelmed by the wind and storms around us. But when the silence falls, even sometimes through the torrent, you can hear the whisper of the King. What is the message you hear and how are you singing it back to proclaim His worth?The song of the King is unequivocal. Nothing compares. It is an unmistakable sound of hope, there is an unshakable rhythm of triumph, there is an unparalleled lyric of truth that reaches our ears and touches the heart. Are you listening? Open the ears of your soul. Do you hear the song of the King?
The melody that is upon your lips and the chorus that echoes in the chambers of your souls has a message. What is the message you are hearing from the King? Psalm 45.1 says: “My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.” The fact that you are undergoing times of adversity and challenges means you are alive, because of Christ, you are not dead – neither is your hope.
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Song of the Week: “King Of My Heart”
Our song and theme this week is #KingOfMyHeart inspired by the new release from John Mark McMillan and Sarah McMillan “King of My Heart.” © Meaux Jeaux Music | Raucous Ruckus Publishing | McMillan, Sarah Get the song here from GuideTracks.co
What Rules Your Heart?
There are many things in this life that compete for our attention. When it comes to finding the way of God, how are you sure you are hearing His voice, and not someone else’s? Is the King able to have full reign over you, or is something else overtaking you and gripping your heart? God wants it all. The King is worthy of giving Him all our failures, sins, praise and thanksgiving.Think of what was first said here: he wants all our failures. What does this mean to you? When we think of kingship, we think of giving our best. This can look like a gift, treasure or something of great value. You would give a king something that is worthy of his royalty. You wouldn’t give something that would be detestable, ugly or worthless.
However, we have a King who desires everything about us – not polished, golden or pristine – but honest, sincere and broken. Unlike earthly kings, we serve the One True King, who is also our Eternal and Everlasting Father. When kings of the world, who would not receive anything second class, God receives our broken human state, because He loves us as we are.
When the rest of the world looks down upon our unworthiness, failure and crime, God sees us through love and mercy of Jesus. We are His own, His possession, and His child.
A Verse of Hope
We put our hope, not in the things we desire are to aspire, but to the only true King in which we find true freedom, victory and worth. Psalm 25 1-5, speaks of these words: “In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.” “…do not let me be put to shame…” “Show me your ways, Lord…” “…for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long” This passage of the Psalms comes from a time when David was in desperation.Like a song, his prayer words said: “to You O Lord, do I lift up my soul.” In the worship of God, we lift up our souls to Him. We do not need to be ashamed because He is the lover of our souls – not just our songs.
Think of the opening verse-line of John Mark McMillans’ “King of My Heart.” Verse: Let the King of my heart Be the mountain where I run The fountain I drink from Oh He is my song Let the King of my heart Be the shadow where I hide The ransom for my life Oh He is my song Verse one is a parallel cry to the words we saw in Psalm 25.
Read the whole chapter for yourself, verses 1-22. I love how David also says in verse 21, “may integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.”
Chorus for a King:
We have a believing hope. God, our King, is the mountain to whom we run in times of trouble and need for shelter. He is the fountain that we drink from that never runs dry. He is the King of our heart, the shadow where we can hide, and the ransom for our lives.We are never to be ashamed because His compassion and forgiveness purifies our human condition. God teaches us his songs to sing. From Psalm 45.1, David says: “My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.’ For the worshiper, if we sincerely desire to know God’s will, with the resolution to do it, we may be sure that the King will direct us in it. When God forgives sin and rescues us from failure, he remembers it no more.
Not upon our merit, but because of His great love. Like this plea from David in Psalm 25 and in 45, he may feel the unworthiness of sin, but he acknowledges the mercy of God, and receives and is filled by the riches of his grace. This gives way for us to come to him in song, as our hearts our stirred by His love.
This is why in the Chorus of our featured song, we have the lines that say: Chorus: You are good good oh You are good good oh You are good good oh You are good good oh Humility is the base of our Doxology for the King
It’s not the songs we sing
…but the way we live our lives. As much as he loves our songs, He wants to know if we are still singing and clinging to him in times of trouble. If He is the kind of King of which we can bring all things to His feet, he is the same Lord who expects us to trust Him.Even if everything were to fall, and if God is truly in control (which He is), would it really be a bad thing? The testing of our faith produces perseverance in our faith. See James 1.3. Sometimes God has to strip everything away so that we can see who is really wearing the crown. It’s not us, it’s God’s sovereignty that calls us into alignment of His decree. In His Word we find safety, wisdom and peace. So what if God stripped away your crown so He could wear it?
Would you give him everything, I mean everything? It is only then in which we see our humble state and recognize that He truly is the King of our heart and the writer of our songs.
Check out the second verse of the song: Let the King of my heart Be the wind inside my sails The anchor in the waves Oh He is my song Let the King of my heart Be the fire inside my veins The echo of my days Oh He is my song
It’s not the songs we sing, but the way we live our lives. @BranonDempsey
Lose your dreams
Paul in Philippians says this: “What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ” Philippians 3:8 (Devotionals? Follow us here on Youversion) In all things, there is nothing greater than our relationship with Jesus. As we learn His ways and know his thoughts, we enter into daily communion with our King. Thanks be to God that He is not one on a throne who is distant, untouchable or disconnected. He is in-touch with every part of our lives, who never let’s us down, and always lifts us up (Psalm 25.1). Therefore, we can lose our dreams and forsake our ambitions in Christ.
It’s a very vulnerable thing to give our entire hopes and visions to God. The world considers this foolish, as they strive and strain to maintain their own control. What they have in their hands is also what they treasure in their hearts. But we who have Christ, are to treasure the things of His worth as we also treasure the love of God in our hearts.
Bridge to the Heart
When we give our trust, hopes, dreams and failures to God, we can trust that He is also faithful to grant our desires according to His plans – 1 Tim 1.13. Nevertheless, He will never let us go. This is why the writer of King Of My Heart can say: You’re never gonna let Never gonna let me down You’re never gonna let Never gonna let me down You’re never gonna let Never gonna let me down You’re never gonna let Never gonna let me down The song for our King is unashamed, because He is not ashamed of us.The King of Hope
Out of the hopelessness of death, the King brings new life. Out of the prison of sin, He brings redemption. Out of the weakness of our human flesh, he brings all victory, by all grace, through all faith – that is all He is looking from us – faith that brings Him glory. We do not put our hope in great accomplishments, dreams and desires that are apart from the Lord. He desires for us to put out hope simply in Him.Through this hope, he accomplishes His purposes as the King channels the waters of our hearts. The fruit of righteousness is our peace. Ask the King to strengthen your faith in Him, so that you may move deeper into the cycle of life in Christ from faith to faith, from strength to strength and from glory to glory. (Ps 84.7, Isa 32.17, Mt 17.20, Ro 1.17, 2Cor 3,18, Gal 3.22)
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