Anything Is Everything

I Bow My Knee (song)

Writer/Composer: Bonnie Beuschle - Ron Kenoly sings this. YouTube this. It’s great.

I bow my knee before Your throne

I know my life is not my own

I offer up this song of praise

To bring You pleasure Lord

I seek the Giver not the gift

My heart's desire is to lift Him

High above all earthly kings

To bring You pleasure, Lord

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Glory to the King

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father. Ephesians 3:1

Philippians 2:5-11 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Bowing to show submission and respect for one of higher authority is not a new concept. Some animals, like dogs, do this instinctively. It is built into cultures. It’s natural and a custom that has been around for thousands of years. Why is it then so hard for humans to bow the knee before Father God?

I think that if we go back to the beginning we see that the first sin was an act of not bowing, not showing submission, disrespecting the authority of God. Satan convinced Eve that she could be god herself, an equal, so why should she submit to (in her mind) an equal authority? Since then people have stiffened their legs and wills.

I heard a self-professing prostitute when asked on a TV talk show if she thought God approved of her lifestyle say, “I created my own god and she doesn't have a problem with my life choices.” Some in the audience clapped. I thought that this was a rather silly answer because why would anyone create a god that would be opposed to them? I mean if we are creating gods we will create them to justify our sin not to condemn us. If we create our god we are superior to him. Why even have one if you adopt this philosophy?  I told her and the TV so. I know she couldn't hear me but I have a tendency to fuss at the TV when I disagree.

Since we were two years old we've been saying, “I do it,” and we thought we were large and in charge of our own destiny.

I am reading a book entitled, “Anything” by Jennie Allen. It is about her spiritual journey to submit totally to God – the “anything” submission. She says, “The very thought of doing anything demands everything.” She prays, “Anything, God,” and then is willing to be used by God for anything. Well, even she admits it’s not as easy as it seems. Yes, fear to relinquish control gets in the way.

But to be like Christ we must not try to grasp equality with God. We must make ourselves nothing. We must take the form of His servant. We must humble ourselves in obedience to God to be willing to do and be anything. We must bow our heart and will. This is the kind of submission He modeled when He gave everything at the cross for our salvation. And this the mind set He wants us to adopt. (Check back in Philippians 2:5-11) 

Let us bow and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Let us do this “anything” submission daily. 

    

“I bow my knee before Your throne.

I know my life is not my own.

I offer up this song of praise to bring You pleasure Lord.

Glory to the King.”

Anything