Here I am to Worship

Philippians 2:8 -- "And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross!" 

When the notification bubble popped on my phone it was all I could do to make myself pick it up and check to see from which social media whatever I had received the update.  To be honest, I'd had enough of the Duggars, Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner, and why Goldie Hawn feels her relationship of 32years with Kurt Russell doesn't need to be bound in holy - God-instructed - matrimony.

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But it wasn't a social media whatever vying for my attention. Instead - through one squinted eye daring to peek at the screen - I learned that it was my daily e-mail from Bible Gateway with the day's Bible verse and devotional. I smiled in relief.

In an interview with Tim Hughes, the NIV Worship Together Bible published that Tim had a hard time coming up with the lyrics to his song Here I Am To Worship. Tim shared that it took him more than six months to complete the song because he found himself stuck on the chorus. He'd been focusing on Philippians 2 and the humility of Jesus Christ. While the verses of the song came easily for him he said it took him quite a while to come up with a good chorus because: “I began to ask, ‘How are we going to respond to Christ’s great sacrifice on the cross?’ Do we bow down? Do we scream out? Sometimes we don’t know how to respond, even though we desperately want to.”

Now THAT's the truth! In the face of so many UN-Christian media events taking place across the globe - there seem to be crickets singing when it comes to relaying the biggest, most important news of all - that ALL of those things in the spotlight have been forgiven. And Tim Hughes has it exactly right when he says in his lyrics that I'll never know exactly what it cost to see my sin up there on that cross, covered by the blood of Jesus. I will NEVER be able to comprehend that.

So how do I respond? Do I blog about all that's wrong with Jenner's sex change? Do I fume about the things done in the darkest of shadows in the Duggar home?

OR - do I raise my hands toward Heaven - and simply worship my God? I AM here to worship. Today - I refuse to allow sin any more attention. I absolutely turn my focus on Jesus. Perhaps, God wants to hear the sweet notes of worship in the midst of so many UGLY noises.