“You have to bow”

The other day I was in the car listening to my favorite playlist (thanks Meg for getting me hooked) and I was instantly struck by these words. As soon as I heard them tears formed in my eyes and I felt my body tremble. 

Fear and depression

shame and confusion

you have to bow.

You have to bow.

All lesser things that demand my attention

you have to bow.

Oh, you have to bow.

– Praise Your Name, Corey Voss & Madison Street Worship

They have to bow.

We worship the victor. We worship the king who has already won the battle and in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ every evil threat has to bow. They have to bow. They have to crumble to their knees in the face of a Holy Holy King. They have to surrender because they’ve already lost the battle for our hearts and souls. 

Whatever is striking you today, it has to bow. You can tell it to bow before the same thrown that you bow in front of. The name of Christ is stronger than anything holding you. 

“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.” Provers 18:10

“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,  for our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29

“’Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

“and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.” Revelation 1:13-18