Down at Your feet O Lord…
I’m sure most of us (if you have been in New Creation Church long enough), you’ll be familiar with this song ‘Down At Your Feet’. (If you’re not from NCC, please do not be offended as it’s not my intention to ‘ostracize’ you). I believe, by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit in you, that what I’m about to share will also touch your hearts.
By the way, the song goes like this:
Down at Your feet O Lord,
Is the Most High Place
In Your presence Lord,
I seek Your face
I seek Your face
Chorus:
There is no higher calling, no greater honour
Than to bow and kneel before Your throne
I’m amazed at Your glory, embraced by Your mercy
O Lord I live to worship You
You would agree most definitely with me that it is a powerful song, an awesome song! I don’t know the circumstances under which the song is written. But whatever it is, it must have been such a wonderful experience for the song-writer under the leading of the Holy Spirit.
We sang this song during last Saturday’s Young Adults Meeting (16 April 2005). And while we were all worshipping the Lord with this song, ‘images’ began flooding my head, faster than I can ask them to ‘line up’ in sequence. I might not even be able to recall some of them.
As I was worshipping, the words “Down at Your feet O Lord…is the most high place” just struck me as so powerful, so succinct yet paints the whole picture. And that’s when the ‘images’ bombarded me.
I began to ‘see’ the scenarios when people were down at His feet, for various reasons, for various purposes, with various motives. But one thing prevailed, they felt the awesome love of God, they received healing and blessings, and went away transformed, renewed, healed!
As I said, the ‘images’ came in randomly, so I’ll attempt to list as many here.
Mary “sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word” (Luke 10:39) while Martha was distracted with much serving. When Martha complained: “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”
And Jesus answered and said to her,” Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10: 41-42).
The woman with the issue of blood for twelve years, went secretly to touch Jesus’s garment, ans was healed instantly. But Jesus, perceiving that power had gone out of Him, turned around and said,” Who touched My clothes?” (Mark 5:30)
And the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him.
But the Lord said to her: “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” (Luke 8:48)
The Holy Spirit must have deemed this story of the woman with the issue of blood, to be of such significance to record it in three of the four gospels (Matthew 9:18-22, Mark 5:25-34 and Luke 8:43-48).
When the Lord preached on the Beatitudes on the mountain, the disciples and multitudes sat at His feet to listen to Him teach them: “Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor gather into barns; yet your Heavenly Father feeds them, are you not of more value than they?”
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” (Matthew 6:25-34)
After Jesus had finished his sermon on the Mount, he came down and a leper came and worshipped Him, saying,” Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
What is the leper doing in that crowd? According to Judaic Laws, the Law of Moses, he should have been isolated and he cannot come out in the open.
But he must have come and fell at His feet, arms raised in the air, the Bible says. And the Lord answered him: “I am willing; be cleansed.” (Matthew 8:2-3)
And remember Mary, Martha’s sister? She fell at Jesus’s feet and anointed them with an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil using her hair.
The Lord said to those who rebuked her actions, “Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial. Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.” (Matthew 26: 12-13, Mark 14:6-9, Luke 7:37-38)
This was the same Mary who had received forgiveness and the gift of no condemnation when the scribes and Pharisees caught her in adultery and brought her to Jesus to test Him. (John 8:1-11)
When, as depicted in the scenes from the Passion of the Christ, Jesus said: “He who is without a sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” (John 8:7)
And one by one, the Bible says, left the woman alone, being convicted by their conscience. We saw in Passion and I also believed, that Mary must have been dragged on her knees and she must have been crying.
Then the Lord said:” Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”
She said,” No one Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
And this woman became the only one to anoint Jesus’ feet - those feet whom she had fallen at when the world condemns her as a prostitute, an adulterer - before the Messiah’s burial.
How do we know it’s the same woman, the same Mary? Because in Luke 7:39, a Pharisee murmured within himself,” This man (referring to Jesus), if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”
Thank You Lord Jesus.
Down at Your feet O Lord, there is forgiveness.
Down at Your feet O Lord, there is no condemnation.
Down at Your feet O Lord, there is healing.
Down at Your feet O Lord, there are blessings.
Down at Your feet O Lord, there is shelter.
Down at Your feet O Lord, there is protection.
Down at Your feet O Lord, there is warmth
Down at Your feet O Lord, there is comfort.
Down at Your feet O Lord, there is peace.
Down at Your feet O Lord, there is grace.
Down at Your feet O Lord, there is love.For down at Your feet O Lord, is the Most High Place.
Thank You Lord.
Shalom.
posted by weiwen @ 4:13 PM
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