One Thing

While preparing for our music practice last week, I was listening to a song and the first verse caught my attention. Here are the lyrics of the song and I have downloaded the song from You Tube:

ONE THING

One thing I desire
One thing I seek
To gaze upon Your beauty
Your Majesty

God of my salvation
Lifter of my head
Teach me how to live
O Lord Your righteousness

So I pray to You
So I pray to You

Lord Your Name
Is higher than the heavens
Lord Your Name
Is higher that all created things
Higher than hope
Higher than dreams
The Name of the Lord

In the day of trouble
You cover me
In the secret place of refuge
Lord, I will sing

I will seek Your face
Call upon your Name Jesus

And all I want is You Jesus, Jesus

All around the world, Christians have one thing in common. We all experience troubles in different forms. Moreover, we can learn from David the man after God’s own heart, he was a man that has been chased by troubles (either it was self-inflicted or not). We can read on through Psalms how he overcame those troublesome days. He knew that God is his refuge, the present help in time of needs. He sought God’s face above all because he knew that God was his hiding place.

Sometimes we go on through life’s circumstances without seeking God’s face. We can read in the bible that there were kings of Israel that went to fought against their enemies and sought not God’s face instead they sought the help of the kings of the heathen nation. The result was sad because they were eventually given out to captivity. I have experienced in my life when I have not sought God’s face and devised my own way out of the troubles I was in and the result was frustrating. I have learned that I was just depriving myself on the beauty and pleasure of beholding God’s beauty and majesty, and that while beholding His Majesty have already passed through the “tunnel” without so many struggles. It has been my desire that I could learn as David to hide in God’s beauty and holiness. Here is a Psalm that David wrote, praying that as we read this we will learn more of the art of yielding ourselves to God and behold His beauty and majesty.

PSALMS 27

1 ¶ A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When evildoers assail me, uttering slanders against me, my adversaries and foes, they shall stumble and fall.

3 Though a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.

4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

5 For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent, he will set me high upon a rock.

6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD.

7 ¶ Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me!

8 Thou hast said, "Seek ye my face." My heart says to thee, "Thy face, LORD, do I seek."

9 Hide not thy face from me. Turn not thy servant away in anger, thou who hast been my help. Cast me not off, forsake me not, O God of my salvation!

10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.

12 Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!

14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the LORD!

Cristina Javier

United Sound Director