The desert

" This is my prayer in the desert

When all else around me feels dry

This is my prayer in my hunger and need

My God is the God who provides. "

In YM today, we tackled about trusting in God's sovereignty. Trusting in the Lord with all your heart and leaning not on our own understanding.

In the lead up to the worship this Sunday, I questioned what did it mean to trust God.
What did it mean to trust God as Noah did when he built the ark, though looking like a fool.
What did it mean to trust God as Moses did when he took the people out of Egypt.
What did it mean to trust God as Peter did as he climbed over the boat and walked on water.
What did it mean to trust God as Angus did with his life in 'Faith Like Potatoes'.

If we take a closer look at each person, we notice a common similarity. Each person went through trials and temptations and suffering. They were made to look like a fool. They went through a problem that had them questioning their faith, and questioning God's commands to them. Each of them went through a heart wrenching problem that required them to decide whether they would choose to follow God, or follow themselves. But each chose to follow God, and what great men of God they all were.

So as I thought about what songs I'd like to use, I chose some songs that described how even though we encoutner problems in our lives, what we do next will be a test of faith for each of us. Would we curse the Lord or choose to resort to ourselves to solve the problems, or would we put our faith in God, trust Him, admit that we should not lean on our own understanding and trust that He would make it right?

After all, He has said in the bible that "He has great plans for each one of us... great plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11)

So the first song was 'Blessed be Your Name'. Written by Matt Redman, it talked about how no matter what we go through, we still need to bless His name. Be it in joy and happiness, or in suffering and pain, we still need to bless His name no matter what.

The second song was 'Hosanna' by Paul Baloche. The key phrase in this song for me was 'cause when we see you, we find strength to face the day, and in your presence all our fears are washed away.' Isn't that powerful? The bible says in Isaiah 12:2 that "Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation." We needed to put our faith in Him, that we may find strength each day to live through it.

The third song was 'Desert Song' by Hillsong. This was a new song and introduced for the first time to YM. But it was surprising how many of them already knew it. It's a really great song that has the same meaning as Blessed be Your name. It talks about how our prayer in the desert when all else seems dry, in the fire when we go through weakness trials or pain, in the battle when triumph is yet on its way, we need to just continue praising God. We need to continue to bring praise and know that no weapon formed against us shall remain. We need to rejoice and declare that God is our victory and He is here with us each day. Be it in good times or bad times, all of our lives and in every season, we know that He is still God and we have a reason to sing! What a fantastic song this is, and may it be the cry of our hearts each day no matter what we go through.

Lastly, closed with 'From the Inside Out' by Hillsong. I've already blogged before about this song in like 6 post ago i think. But we know that a thousand times we fail, still his mercy remains; and should we stumble again, we're still caught in his grace. We need to give Him control over our lives and let Him consume us from the inside out.


I hope that as we worshipped today, we worshipped with our hearts and just let these songs be the prayer and cry of our heart. I pray that you are slowly picking up the art of losing your self in bringing Him praise.

May you have faith like potatoes.

"This is my prayer in the harvest

when favor and providence flow

I know I'm filled to be emptied again

The seed I've received I will sow."