Clear the Stage

What do you devote your time, heart, thoughts, and actions to?

 

This is powerful.  Watch and listen.

 

No, really. 

Turn your mind from everything else

and purposefully watch and listen.

 

Listen for God.

 

If you can't hear Him,

then watch and listen AGAIN.

 

 

 

 

Idols. 

We all have them.

We may not worship golden images,

but we have other idols in our lives.

 

We take something we like or want,
and give it prominence over God.

 

And to make matters worse,
we try to justify it instead of overcoming it
to make ourselves feel better.

 

Clear the stage. 
Seek the Lord.
Crush the idols.

We must not worship something that's not even worth it
Clear the stage, make some space for the one who deserves it

"Clear The Stage"

Clear the stage and set the sound and lights ablaze

If that's the measure you must take to crush the idols

Jerk the pews & all the decorations, too 


Until the congregations few, then have revival


Tell your friends that this is where the party ends 

Until you're broken for your sins, you can't be social

Then seek the Lord & wait for what He has in store 

And know that great is your reward so just be hopeful



'Cause you can sing all you want to

Yes, you can sing all you want to

You can sing all you want to

And still get it wrong;
Oh, worship is more than a song



Take a break from all the plans that you have made 

And sit at home alone and wait for God to whisper

Beg Him please to open up His mouth and speak

And pray for real upon your knees until they blister


Shine the light on every corner of your life

Until the pride and lust and lies are in the open

Then read the Word and put to test the things you've heard 

Until your heart and soul are stirred and rocked and broken


'Cause you can sing all you want to

Yes, you can sing all you want to

You can sing all you want to

And still get it wrong;
Oh, worship is more than a song


We must not worship something that's not even worth it

Clear the stage, make some space for the One who deserves it


Anything I put before my God is an idol
Anything I want with all my heart is an idol
And anything I can't stop thinking of is an idol
And anything that I give all my love is an idol


'Cause I can sing all I want to

Yes, I can sing all I want to

And we can sing all we want to
We can sing all we want to
We can sing all we want to

And still get it wrong

Worship is more than a song

Clear the stage and set the sound and lights ablaze

If that's the measure you must take to crush the idols

 

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Lately I have been convicted to realize my own sin.
It's not enough to be a 'good person'. 
None of us are 'good enough'.
The Bible calls us to mourn over our own sin
and realize that we are broken without God.

God is all that matters.

<>< Stacy