I Have Nothing Else Fit For a King

"I could sing these songs As I often do But every song must end And You never do

So I throw up my hands And praise You again and again 'Cause all that I have is a hallelujah Hallelujah

And I know it's not much But I've nothing else fit for a King Except for a heart singing hallelujah Hallelujah"

Striving and perfectionism are both so deeply imparted on us, by every aspect of the world we live in, we often get stuck in this notion of needing to put our "best foot forward” all time. We get so tangled in this lie that we distance ourselves from the sufficient and eternal power of the cross.

God doesn’t just desire part of our heart, He is relentlessly chasing down our WHOLE hearts– even the messy, unkept, prodigal part. Our every fiber was intricately, thoughtfully, and, preciously knit together. Anything that we might sheepishly hide from God, He stirred within us a capacity for. It’s impossible to conceal intended, accounted for, and beloved elements of artistry from the artist who crafted the piece.

“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick”. God is seated on the throne of the universe and somehow, for some reason, His most profound desire is for You to cry out “Abba, Father!” and kneel before Him. He not only bleed for the best parts of us but for the rest of us too and desires nothing but our unending and everlasting alleluia.

In Luke, chapter 7, Jesus is at the house of a Pharisee (hoity-totity influential Jewish group) and a woman who is a known sinner begins this incredibly humble, fervent, and intimate act. The woman begins to weep at the feet of Jesus; her tears wetting the feet of the Messiah, she begins to wash His feet– which was a very sacred practice of the time. Jesus goes onto highlight the oxymoronic behavior of the Pharisees, striving to portray perfectionism (by the exclusion of sinners) to Jesus compared to the dear and humble worship of sinners that is the sweetest and most pleasing aroma to Him. (Luke 7:36-50)

Out of multitudes, this is just one example of God explicitly choosing what this world deems to be too broken or too unsophisticated.

"He chose the lowly, the laughable in the world’s eyes—nobodies—so that he would shame the somebodies. For he chose what is regarded as insignificant in order to supersede what is regarded as prominent," 1 Corinthians 1:28 TPT

Something probably really silly that I think about when I think about this "upside-downness" of the Kingdom of God is Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer. Okay, we all know how the story goes– none of the other reindeer would let him play monopoly, I know, it makes me cry too. But then Santa bops in and is like "I need what makes you weird, he especially elects him and says because of your devotion to me– you're going to make a difference."

All I have is everything You have ever given me, but God You can have it all

God inhabits the praises of His people. None of us “have it all together” according to the world's standard before Christ calls them, but Christ says come to me, and out of your barren season, I will bring abundance.

Have a blessed Advent,

Madi :)