Vibrant: A Life of JoySample

Worship is the potent discipline that will guarantee your capacity to live a life of satisfying fruit, magnificent flowers, and ravishing sustenance. When you don’t like the person you have become, rather than thinking about you, think about Him.

You are the only one who is able to make this life-altering choice. You are the one who must think about what you are thinking about and determine whether or not your thought life is encouraging growth in your life or inhibiting it.

If I am honest, my mind often doesn’t feel like thinking about things above, but it insists on ricocheting back to the problems, the pain, and the disappointment. However, as a competent steward of the Word of God, I must remind myself that I don’t get to do what I want to do. The joy of life this side of heaven is that I am invited to do what He deems best. When you choose to set your mind on the things of this earth, you are turning down His vital invitation.

He is God and I am but a mere human. He is the omniscient Father while I am a weak mortal. If I refuse His thoughtful request to think about Him even while I am slogging through manure, it is the most foolish decision I could make. If I long to create a life of unmatched joy and dynamic hope, then I must go higher in my thought life.

There is only one cure for a heart like mine: I must take my divided heart to the high places of worship. The first step in our quest to go higher is to think about Him and the second step is to worship Him.

You and I were made to be worshippers. We were created to live with our feet planted on terra firma but with our hearts set on heaven. We were designed to be at our best when we choose to worship the King of all kings. Worship turns a weakened heart into a vibrant heart that is miraculously able to pump with a strength denied to many. When I pick up my troubles and travel to the high places where His glory dwells, I discover my true purpose and eternal calling.