Friday, Day 13: The with-God Life
Advent Instrumental – by Don Coppo
Advent Instrumental-by Don Coppo
“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning
like servants waiting for their master to return…” Luke 12:35-36
Thought: Keep your lamps burning
How is the fire in your soul burning? Tending our passion for Jesus and staying” lit up” to Jesus is about being with-God and ready for whatever might come next. If you’re in a job you care about and don’t want to be fired from, you’re always ready for the boss to show up… and ask for anything. If a relationship is passionate we light up at even the prospect of that persons return. There is no dread… readiness is a fire that burns within us. This kind of passion keeps our with-God life alive, awake… and ready for anything.
Practice: Ask yourself, “how hot is my desire for God and His work on the earth?” Am I ready for Jesus to come today… to take me home today… to call me to an account for my service to Him today? Confess to God the truth about your readiness… your desire for His presence… whether or not He would find your lamp lit today.
Pray: This prayer is a song by the band Switchfoot. What do the words speak to you? What do they tell you about your own “lamp”? Talk to God about it…
“On Fire”
v1) They tell you where you need to go
They tell you when you’ll need to leave
They tell you what you need to know
They tell you who you need to be
But everything inside you knows
There’s more than what you’ve heard
There’s so much more than empty conversations
Filled with empty words
(chorus)
And you’re on fire
When He’s near you
You’re on fire
When He speaks
You’re on fire
Burning at these mysteries
v2) Give me one more time around
Give me one more chance to see
Give me everything You are
Give me one more chance to be… (near You)
Cause everything inside me looks like
Everything I hate
You are the hope I have for change
You are the only chance I’ll take
(chorus)
I’m on fire
When You’re near me
I’m on fire
When You speak
And I’m on fire
Burning at these mysteries
These mysteries…
bridge ) I’m standing on the edge of me [x3]
I’m standing on the edge of everything I’ve never been before.
And i’ve been standing on the edge of me
Standing on the edge
(chorus)
And I’m on fire
When You’re near me
I’m on fire
When You speak
(Yea) I’m on fire
Burning at these mysteries… these mysteries… these mysteries
Ah you’re the mystery, You’re the mystery .
Bluebook (Lectionary) Reading: Luke 12:35-48
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