Not About Us

My iPod playlist is an ever changing mix of songs that would make you wonder if I was 15 or 50. It ranges from Disney (the Frozen movie soundtrack is the latest)
to Classic Rock (Queen, anyone?)
to Country - both old and new (Trisha Yearwood to Taylor Swift)
to Movie Music (Les Miserables)
to lots of Contemporary Christian (Third Day, Building 429, Casting Crowns, 7eventh Time Down) I'm kind of all over the map there, but a good song is a good song - know what I mean?

I've talked about music here before (check out this post HERE) and what an important part of life it is here in our home. Our family has a habit of breaking into song at any given time - at the dinner table, riding in the car, walking the dog - and for those who aren't used to being around us, it can be a bit of a shock to them when Journey's "Any Way You Want It" comes on and we ALL start singing.
Loudly.
And thankfully, mostly on key.

Music draws me in like no other artistic medium and it has the power to bring me to my feet or bring me to tears - often within the same song. And when it comes to Worship, nothing else has the power to stir me the way music does.
Can you relate?

On New Year's Eve, our family had the opportunity to travel to Winterfest at Liberty University. Two of our favorite bands were playing in the concert there that night - Third Day and Building 429 - and it honestly was the BEST New Year's Eve I've ever enjoyed. (Well, aside from the one where my husband proposed to me, but that's another blog post.)

What better way to bring in the new year than to be surrounded by 10,000 people in corporate worship, all singing praise to King Jesus.
None that I can think of.
It sure beat sitting on the couch waiting for the ball to drop.
Um-hmm.

Since then, I've been listening to Building 429's latest album a lot. Did you know that the name of their group is based on this verse:

"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." - Ephesians 4:29

And if you take time to check out their lyrics, you'll see fantastic theology there along with amazing encouragement for your day to day with Christ. 

If you read Sunday's post (Soli Deo Gloria) you know it was all about using our creative gifts to bring Glory to God. 
And in typical God fashion, the next day, this song was first up on my playlist:




Take a few minutes and listen to it.
No really.
Stop reading and click the play arrow.
Close your eyes - the video isn't amazing - and just let the lyrics wash over your heart today.

There is no greater thing we can do for God than to make ALL we do ALL for Him.

Because it's not ever about us anyway.

" Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters" - Colossians 3:23

With a Courageous Heart, 
~~Robin

All the Glory (lyrics - italics mine)

You turn my world upside down
You turn it all inside out
You take the least, make them first
Pour yourself on those who thirst
And You use me because I’m weak

It’s here I find you lift me up just to lift You high
It never was about me, You get all the glory
And if I stand it’s only that I am in Your hands
It never was about me, You get all the glory

You’re the author of it all
So I live to make you known
Oh, If I’m last or if I’m low, You’ll make something beautiful
And You use me because I am weak.

It’s here I find you lift me up just to lift You high
It never was about me, You get all the glory
And if I stand it’s only that I am in Your hands
It never was about me, You get all the glory

Your way higher, Your will above my own
Your glory greater, and Your story will be told
Your story will be told

It’s here I find you lift me up just to lift You high
It never was about me, You get all the glory
And if I stand it’s only that I am in Your hands
It never was about me, You get all the glory