As we transition from Christmas 2023 into a new year of 2024, we get to pause and reflect. Hopefully we get to breath and rest as well. Yet ultimately, may our response be worship!
We worship that our Lord reigns today just as He does on Christmas Day or Easter or any other big celebration. We worship His power and love that sustained and supported us in 2023. We worship His power and love that will move in us and through us in 2024. Worship changes us because Jesus changes everything. And worship can be used as a our weapon and also stirs our wonder. We worship for His glory and our JOY! (more to come on that in 2024!)
As you prepare for 2024, I challenge you to consider what your worship, workout, and wellness will look like in the new year. Up til now, you’ve probably kept those things separate. Like so many of us. Worship in one bucket. Workout in another bucket. And wellness in another bucket.
But when we look at John 4 when Jesus reveals He’s the Messiah to the Samaritan woman at the well, He shares how we can now worship in Spirit and in Truth. Wherever and whenever! And that’s He’s the Living Water that can completely fill all those buckets up til they overflow! His Spirit dwells within us completely, abundantly, and freely. The Spirit is here – it’s so sweet and simple.
And as we worship in Spirit, we will overflow. As we allow the Lord to fill us as a Consuming Fire and ignite a fire in our souls that can’t be put out, we will burn bright and overflow with love, joy, and peace beyond understanding.
As we worship in Truth, we will believe and know that our bodies are holy temples. That the Spirit of the Lord lives within us. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom! So we can move our bodies in love and take care of our temples in such a way that brings Him glory and us joy!
The truth is our Heavenly Father designed us for worship. He designed our bodies to release natural endorphins when we work and exercise. He designed a beautiful creation for us to enjoy. Our response is doing so in love for Him and each other. He designed food and clothing and accessories as a way to honor and love Him as well as each other.
The truth is we are fearfully and wonderfully made, image bearers of our God. As we live as living sacrifices, not confirming to the patterns of this world but being transformed by the renewing of our mind, we experience how there is nothing better than the love of Christ. No relationship, appearance, status, or performance compares to the love of Christ.
The truth is the love of Christ fills us completely, all the buckets, all the desires, all the goals and expectations.
So as we worship in this season, let’s empty and surrender our buckets so HE will fill them all in 2024 with His joy!
Here’s a new playlist for just that! If you have Spotify, click the link below. If you’re not a Spotify user, here are screenshots of the songs. Press play as you drive, walk, clean, cook, play, whatever! And if you’d like to intentionally move too, I’ve included this Holy Barre Workout from last year!
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Burning Bright! 