It's been a little over a year since I took this role officially and I have learned so much in that time. I've never done this before so it has been a journey learning from people around me and then forming my own way through it. I've come to the realization that one of the reasons (maybe the reason?!) God has me here has nothing to do with music. Imagine that!
These last few years of eager pursuit of Jesus, I have been left with an insatiable thirst for more of Him. I can feel the desire to draw near to Him when I've been away from His Word. My whole heart yearns for God! And it has come to me, that this very zeal for God is what I have to offer. The pursuit itself is my Alabaster jar.
"And there was a woman of the city, a sinner, when she learned that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair on her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with ointment." - Luke 7:37
This woman, oh! May I be a reflection of her.
There is also no greater time for true, pure, undefiled worship to rise on the earth than now. I can feel it growing in the hidden places. God is raising up those with clean hands and pure hearts. When the counterfeit is widely circulated, the genuine becomes that much more distinct, precious and powerful. That which is done from love and love alone, is pure. We will find all else was noise before His throne, all other motives and agendas found wanting before Him. - The Reset, Jeremy Riddle
