A Lifestyle of Worship: Humility

A Lifestyle of Worship: Humility

We have nothing to give That didn't first come from Your hands We have nothing to offer You Which You did not provide
Every good, perfect gift comes from Your kind and gracious heart And all we do is give back to You What always has been Yours
Lord, we're breathing the breath That You gave us to breathe To worship You, And we're singing these songs
With the very same breath To worship You, Who has given to You That it should be paid back to him?
Who has given to You As if You needed anything? From You, and to You, and through You Come all things, O Lord
And all we do is give back to You What always has been Yours We are breathing the breathe That You gave us to breathe to Worship You.

-Matt Redman-

How many times this week have you sat down and thought about how much you really have. I'm not talking about the usual agenda of "how blessed we are as Americans" but the attitude of how blessed we are as humans. There are so many body parts that I have inside of me that I have no idea how they work, but lend me to another day of life. If one minute detail in our body is to fail then we can quickly see how the things that we take for granted are constantly involved in our day to day survival.

Now take a moment to think why you deserve the breath that you are breathing now. I cannot think of one reason that I deserve the breath that I breathe, the body that I have, or the mental and physical capacities that I have. Yet, if this was all that God had given us – we would be in debt to Him forever, because it is a gift that we cannot repay.

Now take a moment to think about what more you have besides the breath that you breathe. In my life I currently have clothes on my back, shoes on my feet, a roof over my head, a heater in the winter, food in my stomach, and a church family that loves me. There might be more variables in your life than I, such as a house that you own, a car that you own, a spouse that loves you, or children that you are rearing. If this was all that God had given us – we would be in debt to Him forever, because it is a gift that we cannot repay.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." God has fulfilled past our life and needs – He has given us eternal life as a gift. Salvation. We are in debt to Him forever, because it is a gift that we could not repay, nor accomplish.

The first step of living a lifestyle of worship is the daily understanding that you have nothing to offer. Even if I did not have salvation, even if I did not have clothes on my back, I would still worship God because He is Sovereign, God must be enough. I pray for revival in our country every day, but God will only revive His people if they Humble Themselves and Pray. Therefore we must live a lifestyle of humility before God saying, "From You, and to You, and through You come all things, And all we can do is give back to You what has always been yours."