Worship and the 2010 Banner Verse

Posted by Windy Desmond on January 17, 2010

So I find our banner verse really exciting!  I am looking forward to hearing so much from the Lord this year about these verses, and singing the songs that God chooses for us to illuminate some of these challenging concepts.  This week one of the things we will be talking about is what we turn to instead of God.  This, I know, will be so convicting to me, but something that I need to hear and grasp.  What unhealthy food am I spending my money on?  What am I toiling for that is worthless and even harmful?  I know that the answers may be hard to hear.  However, my heart truly desires to get milk and wine for FREE!  What a deal!  I want the Lord’s sustaining, tasty, and healthy delicacies.

What do I have to do to get these things?  Do I have to say the right prayers?  Fast?  Tithe?  Read my Bible?  No.  Those things are all good, but the Lord says that we must…Come.  Come!  Come and listen to Him.  We don’t have to wait.  We don’t have to “be in a good place.”  We don’t have to have a certain amount of time.  It doesn’t matter if it’s been days…weeks…months…years…our Father doesn’t care.  He wants us to come to Him!

One of the songs that the Lord has given us this week is Knowing You.  Here are some of the lyrics:

“All I once held dear, built my life upon, all this world reveres and wars to own, all I once thought gain I have counted loss, spent and worthless now compared to this.”

I think that this applies to our banner verse.  What we have bought in the past, what we thought was for our gain, what we spent our money on, is worthless.  The lyrics say that they are worthless compared to “this:”

“Knowing You, Jesus.  Knowing You – there is no greater thing.”

When we come to the Lord, when we listen to Him, we will know Him more and more.  I encourage you to make this song part of your devotional song this week.  In preparing for the sermon, ask the Lord to open your heart and prepare you to see the things that you spend your money on.  Come to Him this week, and listen.  He will never let you down!

Here are all of the lyrics to Knowing You:

Knowing You

All I once held dear built my life upon
All this world reveres, and wars to own
All I once thought gain I have counted loss
Spent and worthless now, compared to this

Knowing you, Jesus knowing you
There is no greater thing
You’re my all you’re the best
You’re my joy, my righteousness
And I love you Lord

Now my heart’s desire is to know You more
To be found in You, and known as Yours
To possess by faith what I could not earn
All surpassing gift of righteousness

Oh to know the power of Your risen life
And to know You in Your suffering
To become like You in Your death my Lord
So with You to live and never die

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