It was the summer of 16 when I accepted the Lord in my life and I knew that His calling on my life was music. I was praying about my expression of music for Him because I wanted to get started. I didn't want to wait around and let some one else fill my place. My youth pastors at that time lent me their guitar to learn. So, I went and bought books to read and study and started practicing.
The summer of 17 I felt this real drawing to the Lord about music even more and I was praying about a name to name the worship band that I was going to be in. I knew it wasn't something immediate but still wanted to be prepared and I knew that this was what the Lord had for me in my life. I know that this may seem like some cheesy name, but this was a very big deal to me because I wanted, and still do, so badly to pleasure the Lord in whatever decision that I made in this life because my life is not my own. So, during my prayer, on a bus, I said, "Lord, I just want to be after You in everything!" And the Lord hit me with it. It just kind of stuck to me like glue. "afteryou" what a great name. This could mean mean many things in the spiritual as well as the physical, in situations such as, "Lord, I want to be after You", or simply "after You, sir or ma'am". To be in the right mind and in unity with the Lord, in everyday thoughts and life, we are always think of the other person first, hence "afteryou"!
"afteryou" worship is solely directed to the One above. It is not just some "cliecheish" type name, if you will, that is self focused and self seeking. The focus is on the Lord. It is to bring people into the "God, I am after You", state of mind.
Plus I think is sounds kind of cool and not something someone would particularly use.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
open eyes and open ears
Why is God so mysterious? We have consistently have unanswered prayers and we just feel alone all the time. Why? Why do we feel alone when we all know that there is something greater. Does this greater Being (God) not want to be with us?
The problem is not God. It is us. The bible says, "He that has ears, let him hear; And he that has eyes, let him see". You see God is not trying to be silent to us, or neglect us. We are the ones that won't open our eyes or our ears to hear or see what He is doing. He is trying to get our attention, but we are so distracted by our focus on ourselves that we can't see or hear anything but our own cares and wants.
The problem is not God. It is us. The bible says, "He that has ears, let him hear; And he that has eyes, let him see". You see God is not trying to be silent to us, or neglect us. We are the ones that won't open our eyes or our ears to hear or see what He is doing. He is trying to get our attention, but we are so distracted by our focus on ourselves that we can't see or hear anything but our own cares and wants.
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