Wake Up My Heart

We need to humble ourselves. God exalts
the humble but sees the proud from afar.
Pride is a huge problem in Scotland. Disunity
is a huge problem too. Lots of us think
that what we do is better and are really
critical of others. Some of us have the
appearance of unity but talk about each
other behind each others back. God has had
enough of our pride and dishonour. A wave
is coming. It's going to wipe out all of the
idols, pride and dishonour in the church.
Everything that can be shaken will be
shaken.
If we really want to see our nation change
and experience revival, then we need to
humble ourselves, pray, seek His face and
turn from our wicked ways. THEN He will
hear from heaven and heal our land. We
need to humble ourselves and we need to
climb the mountain.
Will Reagan's song says
'I lean not on my own understanding, my life
is in the hands of the maker of heaven.
I give it all to You God, trusting that You'll
make something beautiful out of me.
And I will climb this mountain with my hands
wide open.
There's nothing I hold on to.'
Let me encourage you to climb the
mountain of the Lord in 2013 and to hold on
to nothing as you climb. Lay it all down and
put your life in the hands of the maker of
Heaven. Let go and let God!
I would like to share 3 different practical
things I believe we can do to start to take
some steps to climb the mountain.
Make Time
Practically we need to make time with the
Lord more of a priority. For me it was turning
the TV off and fasting social media websites.
Psalms 37:7 says “Be still before the Lord
and wait patiently for him” and Psalms 46:10
says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”
Jesus often withdrew to spend time with the
father, in a solitary place. Too many of us are
far to busy 'doing.' Remember the story of
Mary and Martha in the Gospels. We need to
learn to take the time just to sit at Jesus
feet.
Make a Choice
Psalms 54:6 says “I will sacrifice a freewill
offering to you; I will praise your name, Lord,
for it is good.” We need to make a choice to
worship God in every circumstance. It's not
always easy to praise, rejoice and give
thanks to God especially when our
circumstances are difficult or we're going
through a hard time but when we choose to
praise and thank God no matter what the
circumstance, he often brings breakthrough.
Look at Paul & Silas in Acts 16 when they
were in the prison. They praised God in the
midst of persecution and what happened?
Their chains came off, all of the prison doors
flew open and they got freedom! Making a
choice to worship also changes our
perspective. Our circumstances can seem
so overwhelming but when we worship God
and see how big he is, we start to see things
in His perspective and we get an aerial view.
Make a Joyful noise!
Ephesians 5:18-19 says “Do not get drunk
on wine, which leads to debauchery.
Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to
one another with psalms, hymns, and songs
from the Spirit. Sing and make music from
your heart to the Lord,”
Isaiah 12:5-6 says “Sing to the Lord, for he
has done glorious things; let this be known
to all the world. Shout aloud and sing for joy,
people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of
Israel among you.”
Sing to the Lord! There is something
powerful about music and melody. Let me
encourage you to sing your heart out to the
Lord. He so delights in it! It doesn't matter
what your voice is like! I've always believed
that there's a filter in the sky which autotunes
everyone’s vocals to sound pleasing
to God! Sing and shout, don't be silent!
Look at the power of music and shouting at
Jericho. It brought the walls down. I believe
that as we shout to the Lord and rejoice in
Him we will see walls come tumbling down
in our land.
So in conclusion, lets make 2013 a year
where we humble ourselves, climb the
mountain and pursue Him like never before!
Allan is a worship leader and song writer - to
find out more see www.allanmckinlay.com 15