“Our God is greater, our God is stronger, God You are higher than any other, Our God is healer, awesome in power, Our God, Our God” – Chris Tomlin
It’s no secret to my regular readers, that music is the sure-fire way for God to speak to me, encourage me, and for myself to reach out to God in lyrical expression that might struggle any other way.
The lyrics above were sung twice this past week, once at a mid-week church prayer meeting, and again Sunday morning. Sunday morning I was unable to sing due to being the one putting the words on the screen. Whenever I sing while doing that, I inevitably miss a slide, so I can’t sing and do slides at the same time. However on the Wednesday evening previous, those words left my lungs in the manner of a thirsty soul longing to touch the heart of God!
I have been going through a lot in the past couple months, and without the ability to lift my voice in harmony to my King, it’s been like travelling through a dry, dusty desert! The pent up longing to fly into my Father’s arms in song was so strong that I’m sure others around me thought I was singing way too loudly! Sunday morning when I couldn’t sing, tears threatened so bad that at one point I thought I’d lose sight of my computer monitor for the tears welling up.
I need God to be my healer right now. I need to affirm my Heavenly Father as greater and stronger than what I’m going through. My God is a strong tower to those who run to Him, and I ran to Him Wednesday night!!! There is something about lifting one’s voice in harmony with brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ that just can’t be matched in any other circumstance. Sometimes I think I should pick up the keyboard on permanent loan, and begin teaching myself to play piano so I can do more than split my attention between finger-picking a melody and singing along with it in the confines of my own home.
But I digress. God met me as I threw my arms in the air and belted those lyrics above! God met me and nothing beats His touch when you feel it. . .
Truly our God IS greater, stronger, higher than any other, awesome in power, AND. . .my healer. . .