There Was Jesus


Have you ever had a song just get stuck in your head?  If I said, "8675309" everyone would suddenly be singing a familiar melody.  That's what happened with the new song released by Zach Williams and Dolly Parton.  The song is called "There Was Jesus."  It seemed like every time I  got into my car, that song was playing on the radio.  At home, I would hear it playing from my daughter's Spotify.  After a while, as I did daily activities, I found myself singing the song.  As I mowed the lawn, there was Jesus.  As I washed the dishes, there was Jesus.  As I drove to work, there was Jesus.  Then it occurred to me that in every area of our lives, there should be Jesus. Brother Lawrence was a monk who wrote a book called, The Practice of the Presence of God.  He found the greatest way to allow God to become your everything was to let God into your everything.  
 
“That the most excellent method he had found of going to GOD, was that of doing our common business without any view of pleasing men, [Gal. i. 10; Eph. vi. 5, 6.] and (as far as we are capable) purely for the love of GOD.”
― Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God 

How would we live our lives differently if we realized that in every situation, Jesus is there?  Would we panic or be scared?  Would we have melt-downs?  When the disciples were on a boat with Jesus in the middle of a big storm, they panicked.  Some of these disciples had fished before, so it had to be scary for them to fear.  But after Jesus spoke peace to the storm, they marveled at His power.  They needed a reminder that there was Jesus.  So whatever you are facing today, know that there was Jesus. If you need another reminder, listen to the song above by my daughters and me. 

Have a great week high-heeled warriors!

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