Sustained by the Word

one of my favourite passages to prayer lead is "Kiss me with the kisses of your Word". I like it because it's simple, I'm asking God to speak to me, and because he's given the Word it's as simple as asking for his Word become alive to me.

I truly believe that we are sustained in our spiritual walk with the Word of God, the written Word and that which the Lord speaks to our hearts. I believe it because it says in Hebrews 1 that he sustains all things by the power of his Word and I'm pretty sure that I am included in the all things.

Tonight I experienced what I know to be true. I went into a 2am worship with the Word set very tired, it's been a long week for me with spending 23 hours with an intern who was sick in hospital, and then have a relational wholeness seminar with fire in the night; that makes for a long week, add in the fasting element I have felt my weakness and human frailty the last few days.

Then we started to sing, about delighting in his Word, about him drawing us to himself by giving us a revelation of his love (which for me personally means giving me a revelation of the cross). I left the platform at 4am feeling renewed, feeling like I wanted to live righteously, feeling like I really could fast another 8 days. And why? The simplicity of singing and speaking the Word back to God. Truly the Word is living and active, it truly is our daily bread. I am so thankful that I get to prayer lead worship with the Word sets because it means I get to meditate with a bunch of other people on the Word and get my heart cleansed and my mind renewed. Plus I get to bring joy to the Lord because he loves my voice, plus I get to stand in the gap for a generation that do not know him.

All that to say, I like my job and I love the Word.