I lay me at Your feet
I bring before You all that i have
I lay it at your feet
(CHORUS)
You are worthy, worthy, worthy Lord
You are worthy, worthy, worthy so
Praise like oil
For You i pour it out
For You i pour it out
I pour i pour it out for you (Repeat 2x)
I pour this perfume, not to impress
The people standing 'round
I pour this perfume 'cause of your worthiness
As i behold You now
(CHORUS)
It's foolishness i know
But Your foolishness is wiser than my wisest
Wiser, wiser (repeat 3x)
(CHORUS)
We pour out our lives for you Jesus
We pour out our hearts to you Jesus(Repeat)
(Jesus Your Love has freed us)
Jesus your Love has freed us....repeat till fade
This is a song i recently came across by a group called WWW MOVEMENT(We Will Worship Movement).....check them out on Youtube for some heart felt worship.
As i was praying for The Spirit of God to Lead me on what next to share, i came across the story of the woman who washed Jesus' feet with her tears and most expensive perfume in Luke chapter 7......let's have a read.
Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman
36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat.[h] 37 When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. 38 Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner!”
40 Then Jesus answered his thoughts. “Simon,” he said to the Pharisee, “I have something to say to you.”
“Go ahead, Teacher,” Simon replied.
41 Then Jesus told him this story: “A man loaned money to two people—500 pieces of silver[i] to one and 50 pieces to the other. 42 But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?”
43 Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt.”
“That’s right,” Jesus said. 44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Look at this woman kneeling here. When I entered your home, you didn’t offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You didn’t greet me with a kiss, but from the time I first came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume.
47 “I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.” 48 Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 The men at the table said among themselves, “Who is this man, that he goes around forgiving sins?”
50 And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
This story is usually told with emphases on the fact that this woman was a well known harlot in the town.....you can imagine her sins as seen in the eyes of men......soooooooooo much which is perhaps unforgivable. Jesus who is ever so loving forgives her and the people had to even ask whom Jesus thought He was to forgive......I can just about hear one of them ask, 'How dare Him say he forgives, who is He?'
But yeap Jesus Did.......and guess what? I see what Jesus saw in this woman which was overlooked or probably was never noticed by the people around. See this woman whom we may never know her name was filled with gratitude. She realised The Fathers LOVE for her, the overwhelming Love which forgives not just sins but NEVER remembers them anymore. She didn't for once think about herself and who she was(The SELF) but lifted her eyes to THE SAVIOUR. See when we depend on the self, we loose track. The self is of the flesh and so depending on that makes us loose our focus.
She could have told herself she wasn't worthy to even be in the presence of God(which i'm sure the thought crossed her mind) but she depended on GOD'S LOVE FOR HER and went ahead to wash Jesus' feet. See we can never boost of our Love for God 'cause we can't, we just can't but when we boost of His Love for us, we go beyond pouring out our most expensive perfume. We give out of the abundance of His outpouring Grace and Mercies upon our lives. We don't give to impress those around as the song said but give our all in appreciation of His forgiveness which has been given through Jesus Christ....ooooh what i joy...... I am bursting with joy as i type.
Believers the key is realising The Fathers Love for us. It is immeasurable......i am short of words to desribe it. Verse 47b said 'But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.'. 'This Harlot' recognised the immense love and gave as she felt. I don't even think to her it was about her giving or sins but all about knowing THE ONE she was giving to.....She was overjoyed and grateful to have been at the feet of Jesus. This act seemed like foolishness to man but guess what He uses the foolish things of this world to confide to the wise.....His foolishess is wiser than our wisest.
Today pour it all out to Him as you see The Truth in His Love for you........If the forgiveness is minimal, the gratitude is minimal.” think about it. Have a blessed day.
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