Your Refining Fire; Your Purifying Blood | Worship Set | 5.25.23

prod. Russell Lopez

Hi friends :) Sorry my uploads have been a little sparse and inconsistent these days. Wanted to give a brief explanation that right now I feel like God has been calling me into a season of hiddenness and private adoration, pulling me away from everything and into personal, private intimacy with Him. So I ask for grace on my upload consistency this season haha but want to be faithful to the silence.

So this season, as I briefly mentioned before, is outlined by almost an isolation and hiddenness. I feel like right now I’m floating, not really settled anywhere or secure in anything in life. Everyday is new and nothing is consistent, I feel lost. But it feels intentional. I know it’s intentional. So my every next step is determined by the Lord because currently nothing is outlined, planned, established, etc. in my life right now. I can’t see where I’m going, what I’m doing, or what’s going to happen. But God does, and in these moments of uncertainty, as I place my trust in Him, I want to be steadfast, obedient, and faithful. I’m thankful because I know God is working inside of me and behind the scenes in ways I can’t see or know yet. So Lord have your way in my life. Do whatever you want to do, say whatever you want to say, I want to surrender and submit. I want to walk in the way you’re leading me and see your will fulfilled in me.

As I was worshiping, I originally was singing about the refining fire of God, but then the Holy Spirit was leading me in the direction of singing about the Lord’s purifying blood. Because in this season where I can’t see ahead, I’m so weak, I’m so isolated and sometimes lonely, I’m lost, I’m being refined deeply, I’m making a lot of mistakes, I am reminded of my inability. My inability to even be faithful or obedient. That I even need grace to just worship and surrender. That I need grace to even be all those things, steadfast, obedient, and faithful. So then I sing of God’s great love, His grace to see my inability and send His beloved Son to save me. That His blood covers me and us and that Jesus and the Holy Spirit intercedes on our behalf. And I recognize that the safe place of revelation is in His presence in awe of Him.

Recently in the silence, I just feel so drawn to His presence and majesty. All I want to do is worship. So this is it HAHAHAHA just the short description. He’s so worthy of all our praise even when I butcher in explaining my convictions…Let’s just worship God because He is worthy and just so amazing.

"But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
2 Corinthians 12:8-9

"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:6-8

Songs:
Create in Me A Clean Heart - Keith Green
Build My Life - Pat Barrett
Found Faithful - Justin Rizzo
Nothing But the Blood of Jesus - Robert Lowry