Our God is greater

Last night, at our house devos, the worship band played Chris Tomlin's song "Our God is Greater". Those of us who were there were in awe of the lyrics and what he was saying about our God.

Water you turned into wine;
Opened the eyes of the blind
There's no one like you
None like you

Into the darkness you shine
Out of the ashes we rise
There is no one like you
None like you

Our God is greater
Our God is stronger
God you are higher than any other
Our God is Healer
Awesome in power
Our God, Our God

Into the darkness you shine
Out of the ashes we rise
There is no one like you
None like you

Our God is greater
Our God is stronger
God you are higher than any other
Our God is Healer
Awesome in power
Our God, Our God

And if our God is for us
Then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us
Then what could stand against

The first part of this song shows the miracles of God, and what He can do. It goes on to talk about how we are saved. He shined into the darkness, and he brought us up out of the ashes. There is no one like our God. The chorus echoes that and it shows just how great He is. He is amazing; no one can compare! And then the bridge says if our God is for us who could stop us and if He is with us who can stand against us. How amazing is our God? Nobody can stand against Him.
Recently I have been overlooking the fact that I'm a sinner. Yeah, I say that I am, but do I really know that? I haven't really realized it until I failed big time. I failed in an important relationship and friendship. Up until now, I didn't understand just how big of a sinner I am and how much I need God. He really hasn't been the center of my life. I've been pushing Him away, and thinking that I'm good enough that I don't need Him. This isn't the man I was born to be. I wasn't born to be someone who pushes God out of my life. I was born to worship Him. I was born to praise my God, the one who gave me life, the one who created the heavens and the earth, the one who is more powerful than anybody on this earth, the one who no man can rightly deny, the one from whom demons run. That is the God who I serve. He doesn't deserve to be shoved off to the side. He deserves to be put on a pedestal and worshipped because He is the King of Kings.
I have been looking at my life, and I have realized that I can't do this on my own. I need my God. This doesn't mean that I will not sin anymore, but it wipes the slate clean. I am forgiven for my flaws. But the bad habits are still here. Just because I have the Lord in my heart doesn't mean those old worldly habits are gone; in fact after a spiritual high, they tend to come back. I think the definition of Godly manhood is being able to fight those habits and being able to give them to God and let Him heal them.

If you haven't realized how sinful you are, take a look in the mirror and ask yourself if God would accept you into His kingdom just based on your actions. Nobody can say that God would. But we have Jesus, who makes it so that we don't have to. He paid the price on the cross, and we are free. Use that freedom to praise God! Use your gifts to glorify the greatest God we could ever ask for!

In Christ,
Brian