1.15.2008

Sunday Worship

"O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let Thy goodness like a fetter
Bind my wand'ring heart to Thee"


I just love the words to that old hymn. The stanza continues,

"Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love.
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above."

How true! Despite God's amazing mercy and grace, I daily feel my heart wandering and straying from my Maker. As we come together to corporately worship our Lord this Sunday, may we do so with tuned hearts and clean hands. May it be our goal this Sunday to enter our time of worship together with the attitude of the prophet:

"O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You and Praise Your name,
for in perfect faithfulness You have done marvelous things,
things planned long ago." Isaiah 25:1

Consider the words to this chorus:

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
Amazing love, now flowing down
From hands and feet that were nailed to the tree
As grace flows down and covers me

It covers me
It covers me
It covers me
It covers me

Remember to pray this week for our pastor as he studies and prepares, that the words he speaks Sunday will not be his own, but be the very word of our Lord.

3 comments:

Jason Throckmorton said...

"Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love.
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above."

What a true statement. Without the Lord Jesus Christ sealing our hearts where would we be? Divine grace is amazing to think about, He deserves all the praise we can offer!

Jody said...

Thank God I am covered!

Keisha said...

This is one of my favorite hymns. It is such a humbling song.