How Simple It Is…
A few months ago, I was browsing for some new songs to listen to. While I was waiting for my bus on my way to the office, I came across We The Kingdom’s song. Man, I fell in love immediately. The warm tones of the Rhodes and gentle drums, just so soulful and made me feel good.
I’m all about rhythm and melody whenever I listen to a new song. But after a couple of plays, I started to pay attention to the lyrics. They were very simple. I was even more tuned in to the song. All of the questions I usually think about were written in that song.
The line that really got me was, “Just think about it.”
All of the goodness that God has done in my life, I think about it daily, I remember it daily, I acknowledge it every moment. Especially during the hard times, the lonely times, I know how good God has been to me. So when I heard that line being repeated over and over, my reaction was, “What are you saying? I do think about it. You want me to think about it more?” It was a funny conversation I had with myself.
Everything that I had gone through, the good and the bad, up until that point (and even now), I was well aware that there was God’s favor in it. The many ways I have cried, been annoyed and resentful because I was in a situation that I could not accept, I knew that God was there to guide me through it. I was concious of the truth written in Romans 8:28, that through it all God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. I love my God and this truth remains in my heart.
The song made me remember all of this. While sitting in the bus, I found myself crying. “Gosh, You have been so good, God.” I was so in awe of His wonderful works in my life. I wiped my tears, got off the bus and walked towards my office. I cried again! Good thing it was still early, nobody saw me cry on the sidewalk. I was very much in awe of God. I cherished that beautiful morning.
A couple of weeks later, I heard one simple truth during our worship team gathering. People like to overcomplicate things when it comes to worshipping the Lord. You ought to kneel, you ought to pray certain prayers, or sing certain songs, be in “worship mode” for an hour, etc. But this preacher said, “You know, sometimes just having a short moment of being in awe of God is worship.” Hearing that, I remembered my morning trip to the office and thought, “Oh, I was worshipping God?”. I wept inside. It’s so simple.
I may not have positioned my body to bow before the Lord, but the posture of my heart was in complete humility and adoration of the Lord. How simple it is to worship God in our daily lives. Acknowledge God in everything and do everything as if it was for the Lord (Colossians 3:23).
