Opus 2024-292: And You Never Knew

It comes to me that many of you I have been worshiping God over the years and not even been aware of it.  Of course, it wasn’t real worship because you weren’t aware of it, but you were still expressing eternal values that you need to know about.

What am I talking about?  I’m talking about the popular music that has been running through your head today.  Now I can’t speak for anything in the past 20 years because I haven’t been paying attention, but I think of words that used to go through my mind as a kid, and then I memorize just by repetition, and I would sing along with the radio.  Now those words come to me with a whole new meaning.

Let me give you an example.  Think of the little bit of music phrase that runs through my head, “How sweet it is to be loved by you”.  I don’t remember any other words.  I don’t know if there were any other words.  No, I know that is not exactly something you would find in your hymnal.  Then again, maybe you would.  I know that when those words go through my mind now I find myself singing to Almighty God, “how sweet it is to be loved by you.”

Another example:  Some comedian was talking about a song by the Carpenters, and I got to thinking about what they were saying.  You know the song, it will come to you as I say the words,

“Such a feelings coming over me.
There is wonder in most everything I see.”

Are you with me yet?  Follow that thought along, but think of it as a conversation between someone who has come to know Jesus and who is walking with the living God and the Holy Spirit is lifting him out of the depths of materialism into the scope of eternity.  Glory.

Or I think of a song written by John Denver.  This is actually my first experience with this, but I didn’t know it at the time.  I remember sitting at the breakfast table getting ready to go to school or possibly off with my dad to work and hearing a song come across the radio and it started out this way,

I walk in the rain by your side.
I’ll clean to the warmth of your tiny hand

When I first heard it, I thought it was a gospel song.  I was struck by the beauty of the melody.  I thought it portrayed a conversation between me and Jesus.  It was glorious.  It was only years later, when I was trying to find it so I could play it on my guitar that I realized it was a popular love song.  I still enjoy the song in both modes.

Praise for God is all around us.  The ultimate ingredient necessary for it to be praise is what is coming from the heart and what is wanting to be expressed.  Have you ever talked to the grass as you mow it and thanked it for being there.  Have you ever listened to the trees to see if they’re going to shout, “Glory to God”?  Have you ever thanked the person driving in front of you for making you slow down so you can enjoy the world around you.

Get into an attitude of praise. Sources are everywhere.

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