Because He is the Lover of my soul
I will sacrifice
Because He is my Mighty Fortress
I will surrender
Because He relentlessly pursued my heart
I choose to be in love with him
Because He is Higher
I will bow down
Because He is able
I will run to him
Because He holds my sorrows
I will give him myself
Because He is real-He is truth
I will lay down my idols... and crush them into dust
God doesn't want us merely to lay down our idols. He loves us too much to leave things hidden in the secret recesses of our hearts. He will uproot, and he will reveal, and empower and enable. He is a jealous God who wants our entire being to be surrendered and completely devoted to Him and Him above ALL. Let us crush our idols that keep us bound from actualizing a walk of abandon. Grind them to dust, and allow the wind to carry the specks of our former gods to the corners of the unknowable- as far as east is from west. Never to be brought together again.
Praise our God who does not leave us as we are but shakes us, breaks us and empties us. Come Lord Jesus and fill me with You and only You.
