Letting God Fight Our Battles
‘Oh God, how we need you because we’re terrified to do this thing alone.’That’s been the cry of my heart these past months because this suffering…this pain is sometimes like none other.The uncertainty, the long nights and the hours of ministering to him in pain-they’re all better with God….And I’ll do them over & over again because it’s what love does best.—Recently, as I wrapped my arms around him rubbing his aching neck and bulging back so he could get some relief from the breaking down and dying of cells that have been wreaking havoc on his body-I tried anything to relieve the pain and the fever that decided to make its appearance.That night we sat in the disappointment of the Emergency Room.We did what we knew and pressed play on what’s been ministering to our mind and our soul the most and something started to shift…What’s frustrating and overwhelming lightened as we met God there.I’ve never realized how worry does nothing to interact with heaven and only messes with our insides twisting them all up.But worship gains all of heaven’s attentionand requests a response.And just like that God started working….his fever broke, his blood had no trace of an infection and we were set free to go home.What seemed scary just moments before became a battlefield for God.—It got me thinking about Paul and Silas as they sang hymns even in the darkest of night….it must have been so hard to utter that first note…Yet their breaking of silence beckoned all of heaven. Because that’s what worship does in the valley, it changes things and stirs the heart of God.—People have been asking me how we sing in the valley as if singing is meant for the mountains…But the truth is we sing because it’s what we need…Weeks ago as we stood before this mountain looking up from the valley we decided as a family worship would be our cry because it’s what heaven hears the best and its truly the heart beat of our souls…Because Worship...-perfectly captures the words of our souls…-is what God’s been resurrecting…-places us in the presence of God…-is where we feel the love of God the most…-is what we give when we have so little…But most of all….Our Worship is about watching heaven fight for us!And when we find ourselves in these valleys of life surrounded by so many peaks begging for us to climb them…it’s in the lifting of our heart and our head that reminds us he is the ONE who is doing the fighting for us!So, friend if you’re finding that life feels all too overwhelming and just plainly too much know that when you surrender yourself and recklessly raise a cry and your arms…It's where God does his most beautiful work!Because some of the best battles in history have been fought with worship alone…—Many of you’ve been asking what our playlist is….so, here it is.Join us in choosingWorship Over Worry…Bring the Rain by MercyMeKing of My Heart by BethelRaise a Hallelujah by BethelGoodness of God by BethelStand in Your Love by BethelIt is Well by BethelWonderful by Christy NockelsAnother in the Fire by HillsongNew Wine by HillsongLet Go by HillsongWho You Say I am by HillsongEverything by TobyMaCKnown by Tauren WellsSeptember by Tauren WellsSurrounded by Michael W. SmithCounting Every Blessing by Tauren WellsHills and Valleys by Tauren WellsRescue by Lauren DaigleThank You by The KatinasDo It Again by ElevationAll My Hope by CrowderCome to Me by BethelIs He Worthy? by Andrew PetersonStarts and Ends by HillsongHighlands by HillsongWhole Heart by HillsongDo It Again by Elevation