I was ecstatic to get back in the gym. I normally listen to contemplative music that supports my spinning thoughts. But, I was too pumped--had my workout all lined up {some killer weighted HIITs!!} and my excitement and energy had me put on For Today, a Christian metal band.
As I was nearing the end the song Talmidim began playing. Honestly, by the time I'm 10 or 15 minutes into a workout the music is just background noise and blocks out the um... less than edifying music playing throughout the gym.
But Talmidim really caught my attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBxztg685HY
"Talmidim (The Servants)"
But Talmidim really caught my attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBxztg685HY
When the verses Ezekiel 36:26-28 began to be read I was overcome with prayer in my heart. I decided to restart the song and was almost brought to tears. "LORD of Glory, make us worthy to possess your name..." Those are some of my favorite verses and I'm actually reading through Ezekiel right now! I read Ezekiel 11:19 just two days ago. "And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God." I put the song on repeat for the rest of the night :)
This has been my heart's prayer the past couple days. I've had a renewed hunger for the Word of God after getting some things in my life right. The hard thing about the Christian life is that I can see where I want to be--I know many people I want to emulate-- the trouble is taking the small steps that add up to get there.
Here are the written lyrics.
"Talmidim (The Servants)"
Lord of glory, make us worthy to possess your name. Lord of glory, make us worthy to possess your name.
And give us a new name. And call us your people, God. And give us a new name.
[Ezekiel 36:26-28] – “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;
I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
You will live in the land I gave to your forefathers; you will be my people and I will be your God.”
Lord of glory, make us worthy to possess your name.
Lord of glory, make us worthy to possess your name.
And give us a new name. And call us your people, God. And give us a new name.
[Message:]
And through all of this, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, no fear, no
insecurity, no doubt, no hesitation that will ever, ever stop us. Because we
are the sons of the living God, because we are the children of the Almighty,
because we are the residents of the kingdom of heaven, and we are soldiers in
an army of the immortal. And when we speak life, life happens, and when we
speak healing, healing happens, and when we speak truth, truth happens. And
when we go take what we found to a dead world, we'll see it come to life again,
and when we take what we found to a hopeless world, we'll see hope come back.
We'll see the heart of our world start beating again, and we'll see the color
come back into people's faces. Absolutely nothing will ever stop that.
Mountains will move before us, and oceans will part before us, and the dead
will raise before us. And the world will know that our God is the God that
heals, and our God is a God that lives, and our God is a God that loves, and
like anything that anyone has ever felt before, because we are fearless, and
because we are His hands, and because we are His feet. Forever, and ever.
Lord of glory, make us worthy to possess your name.
Restoration is here.
And give us a new name. And call us your people, God. And give us a new name.
[Ezekiel 36:26-28] – “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;
I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
You will live in the land I gave to your forefathers; you will be my people and I will be your God.”
Lord of glory, make us worthy to possess your name.
Lord of glory, make us worthy to possess your name.
And give us a new name. And call us your people, God. And give us a new name.
[Message:]
And through all of this, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, no fear, no
insecurity, no doubt, no hesitation that will ever, ever stop us. Because we
are the sons of the living God, because we are the children of the Almighty,
because we are the residents of the kingdom of heaven, and we are soldiers in
an army of the immortal. And when we speak life, life happens, and when we
speak healing, healing happens, and when we speak truth, truth happens. And
when we go take what we found to a dead world, we'll see it come to life again,
and when we take what we found to a hopeless world, we'll see hope come back.
We'll see the heart of our world start beating again, and we'll see the color
come back into people's faces. Absolutely nothing will ever stop that.
Mountains will move before us, and oceans will part before us, and the dead
will raise before us. And the world will know that our God is the God that
heals, and our God is a God that lives, and our God is a God that loves, and
like anything that anyone has ever felt before, because we are fearless, and
because we are His hands, and because we are His feet. Forever, and ever.
Lord of glory, make us worthy to possess your name.
Restoration is here.
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