I want to be like him

My Pastor asked a question... "is Jesus Lord over your life?"  We know him as savior, as healer, as the gift giver... but is he truly Lord?  A Lord is someone who rules over something.  Be it lands or wealth or over individuals, a Lord has control over what he commands.  The question I had to ask is Jesus truly Lord over my life.  Yes he is my savior, my redeemer, my healer and conveyor of my blessings.  But is Jesus truly Lord?  If Jesus is Lord, then I don't do things that my Lord would not approve of.  When he speaks in my spirit, I truly honor his voice.  My Lord's commandment was that I love God with all my heart and all my soul and all my mind... and love my neighbor as I do myself.  And if Jesus was truly Lord over my life - that's the way I would truly live my life.  I would take every action before God because he is Lord.  I would take every dream before Jesus because he is Lord and I desire to know what he would have me do or not do in my own dreams.  If he is truly Lord, then I honor him with the way I live my life, with the way I show his love to others.  The way I show HIM to others.  The things I desire most.  The things I work the hardest for:  that's Lord.  If I desire to be famous more than I desire to please God, then fame is Lord!  If I desire to be rich and I spend all of my energy chasing prosperity, then prosperity is Lord!  If I obtain the fame, and sell out everything in the process, I have the fame, but I don't have my place in heaven which is what I've been doing all of this for, right???  If I get the wealth and I lose my relationships with my family, my friends, my GOD... what is any of this worth.  Interestingly enough the Bible doesn't tell me that having a desire for all of this is wrong.  What it does say is "seek ye first the kingdom of heaven and all its righteousness and all of these things will be added unto you..."So all I got to do is allow Jesus to be Lord of my life - do the things that my spirit truly desires anyway and then he will overtake me with all of the things that my flesh desires.  I learned a while ago that all of the things I wanted so badly mean nothing.  Wealth gives me options to do and to obtain, but nothing I was able to do or to obtain could fill the places where God was absent.  I also learned that I become like what I chase. This is why I chase God.  I want to be like him.  Everything else... is just stuff he drops on me because he loves me.

Curt

"Living This Dream"

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Discussions on the music (Lamb Most High)

This one of my favs on this project.  I Love to sing this song. Its a praise to God and people just abandon themselves to Glorify God.  They forget about me.  They forget where they are.  You can see the transformation as they leave their surroundings to go be one with God.  As the song ends, it moves into this worship experience because we just cut the music and let those Hallelujahs ring throughout the place.  People with their hands in the air, tears streaming down their faces worshipping God.  I always feel like I'm intruding when we have to start playing again.  I always feel like we should just leave... maybe I should start playing this track last.  

Its a good thang

to give thanks

And sing praises 

to the Lamb Most High

The one who shows his

Loving kindness

The one who's faithful

to us morning noon and night

Just open up your heart

and greet him with your 

(hands held high)

Confess his goodness to the children of men

Tell him you love him

And you're grateful Jesus

(came to die)

Glory and honor to the one who cleansed you of your sin

Glory Glory

Glory Glory

Hallelujah to the Lamb Most High

Honor and Majesty

Strength and beauty

Hallelujah to the Lamb Most High

Lord God of our salvation

The One who is who was and

(Is to come)

Ruler of every nation

The Lord Reigneth

And before him there can be no other one

Glory Glory

Glory Glory

Hallelujah to the Lamb Most High

Honor and Majesty

Strength and beauty

Hallelujah to the Lamb Most High

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the 

judgments of the Lord are true and righteous together.

More to be desired are they than  silver and fine gold 

sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in the 

keeping of them there is a great reward. Let the words of my 

mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in

 your sight, and pleasing unto God

Glory Glory

Glory Glory

Hallelujah to the Lamb Most High

Honor and Majesty

Strength and beauty

Hallelujah to the Lamb Most High

Hallelujah Hallelujah

Hallelujah Hallelujah

Trust me, I don't want to interrupt - as I'm in that place with them.  The Bible says the spirits of the prophet are subject to the prophet... which means you control what happens inside of  you.  God doesn't make you run around the church and run into walls.  That's not the Holy Spirit. That's you.  So I have to stay in control of me. I have to close out the performance... But I love being there.  I love being in the presence of God.  I feel like nothing could touch me.  I feel like I could step out onto the air over the audience and walk straight to the throne of God.  There are times when I sing the song that I can almost see God sitting on his throne enjoying the music.  Maybe that's imagination... But I would love that so much.  I love to please God with the gifts he's given me.  

Curt

"Living This Dream"

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