ADORE:

(5 minute Friday)

Adore: honor - exalt- worship

The first thing that came to mind was a song I sang as a kid. I used to go outside on a warm summer night and look at the cloudless sky. I would be so overcome by the beauty of the stars in the black sky and the vast number of them. I would sing this song as a praise to my God.

Father, I adore You

Lay my life before You

How I love You

Spirit, I adore You

Lay my life before You

How I love You

Jesus, I adore You

Lay my life before You

How I love You

I think it is not an easy thing to truly adore God 

Not without visual help

When I see the depths of the ocean

When I see the majesty of the mountains

When I see the beauty of nature 

I am awe struck by what His hands have made

I automatically cry out in praise and adoration.

But when I see the storm

When the giants are all around me

When I start to give way to fear

My first thought isn't 'Father I adore You'

When unexpected blessings come

When someone sick is healed or made well

When I witness a miracle

I am quick to say 'Jesus, I adore You'

When I think of life itself

Sacrifice

Surrender

Pain 

Sorrow

even in all this I should be able to say 'Spirit I adore You'

It is because my vision is cloudy, that I do not see my God clearly in the everyday. My adoration is conditional. It is based on sight, emotion, and circumstances, not faith. I need to adore my King and my God because of who He is, and because He alone is worthy of all praise and worship. He deserves to be adored.

"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is Your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things." 1 Chronicles 29:11 (NLT)