The Message of Music

I feel so broken and weak right now. I know that I need more of God when I get like this, but when reading scripture felt like too much, I knew that I needed to just stop and worship, to let the words of others minister to my soul.

Mandisa - Stronger
Building 429 - Glory Defined
Matthew West - Strong Enough
Jeremy Riddle - Sweetly Broken
Jeremy Camp - This Man

As I stop to contemplate that Jesus was tempted, it reminds me that I am not alone. Even Jesus was tempted to stumble and step outside of the will of God. Luke 4:1-13 says: 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’” 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7 If you worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’” 9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. 10 For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; 11 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

Francesca Battistelli - Motion of Mercy
TobyMac - Lose My Soul

We are all broken and shattered. It is only through the love of God that we find our reason to carry on.

The Fray - How To Save A Life
Kutless - Amazed
Matt Redman - You Never Let Go
Bebo Norman - I Will Lift My Eyes

God has just lead me to these - Psalms 121 & 123

Psalm 121
A song of ascents. ¹ I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
   where does my help come from?
² My help comes from the LORD,
   the Maker of heaven and earth.
 ³ He will not let your foot slip—
   he who watches over you will not slumber;
⁴ indeed, he who watches over Israel
   will neither slumber nor sleep.
 ⁵ The LORD watches over you—
   the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
⁶ the sun will not harm you by day,
   nor the moon by night.
 ⁷ The LORD will keep you from all harm—
   he will watch over your life;
⁸ the LORD will watch over your coming and going
   both now and forevermore.

Psalm 123
A song of ascents.
 1 I lift up my eyes to you,
to you who sit enthroned in heaven.
2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till he shows us his mercy.
 3 Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us,
for we have endured no end of contempt.
4 We have endured no end
of ridicule from the arrogant,
of contempt from the proud.

God is our help and our strength, our merciful Father. He loves us beyond all measure. No matter what our struggles, God will carry us through and restore us to Him.

Third Day - Revelation
By The Tree - Beautiful One