🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿
As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples. And He took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them, and they all drank from it…..
Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives. —Mark 14:22-23, 26
🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿
Jesus comes together for a meal with the twelve disciples. It is a serious scene in a somber setting. Jesus breaks bread and drinks wine, representative of his body, reflective of the covenant.
Yet in this last corporate act of fellowship they partake together, a poignant event occurs. In the final chapter of their journey alongside Jesus before His crucifixion, before they walk out of the Upper Room, Jesus and His disciples……….sing.
A gathering of praise, giving glory to God. A melody of believing and music of thanksgiving. In this singular act of grace at the end, Jesus shares with the disciples the depth of His devotion to The Father.
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Jesus is about to experience the worst of humanity and the wrestling of divinity. Yet the immediate attention on His heart is worship.
In the light praise Him. In the loving, praise Him. In the living, praise Him. In the lesson, praise Him. In the learning, praise Him. In the losing, praise Him. In the leaving, praise Him.
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Before Jesus sets out to encounter His enemies and endure the cross. Before He fights our battles and faces death. Before He leaves His beloved disciples on their own in their greatest grief to come, Jesus worships in song and in spirit. Amidst the spirit of heaviness, Jesus puts on the garment of praise.
To counsel those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. —Isaiah 61:3
The counsel Jesus is leaving His disciples: Worship is greater than any trial you will experience. In your mourning, worship will give you beauty for ashes and oil of joy for sadness. So cloak yourself in the mantle of praise. Wait, worship, and witness. Because I am coming back. Tribulation won’t stop me. The grave will not hold Me. Death cannot defeat Me.
Worship > Trials
Worship > Tribulations
Worship > Grave
Worship > Death.
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Before Jesus and the disciples leave for the Mount of Olives where the Roman soldiers will take Jesus away. Before the world turns into mayhem and maelstrom, they memorialize this last moment together with a hymnal offering. Our battle cry is not the raising of any weapon, but a wielding of worship, for all that God is and for all that He will do in our lives.
Knowing the darkness ahead of Him on the cross, Jesus worships. Worship is the divine lightbulb guiding us to navigate through the dark. As you leave your Upper Room into the night and come upon trouble in your life, don’t despair. Do what Jesus does. Worship.
But each day The Lord pours His unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing His songs, praying to God who gives me life. —Psalm 42:8
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