Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

I love many of the church's hymns.

However, some of my greatest memories from the early days of the charismatic Jesus people movements

are singing the praise and worship choruses, as we called them. We referred to them as such because

they were typically short, like the chorus of a hymn. Some were only one word, like the hallelujah

chorus. They rarely had verses. The simplicity of these songs was part of Holy Spirit's brilliant plan.

The young generation of that era rebelled against extravagance and form.

We wanted things simple, real, sometimes to a fault, like living in communes and wearing few clothes.

When we came to Jesus, the Holy Spirit gave us simple songs.

We also had rejected authority, the establishment, including, unfortunately, our parents and their traditions.

We didn't want their hymns. So when we came to Christ, he simply said, give them some simple

choruses for now. They'll come around. And his most brilliant aspect of the plan was that he put in the hearts of our generation to use the Bible as our songbook.

We don't need those fancy hymnals we boasted. We sing the Bible.

Little did we know he was using this singing of his word to renew our minds, remove our

rebellion, feed us on the bread of life. Holy Spirit is so smart. One of my favorite choruses of the

day was taken from Psalm 20, verses 6 through 8.

Now I know I that the Lord saveth his anointed. He will hear him from His holy heaven

with the saving strength of his right hand. Some trust in chariots and some at horses, but we will remember the name

of the Lord our God. They are brought down and fallen, but we are risen and stand upright.

The primary portion of the song was verse 7, some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. It drove into my heart the revelation that

we must look to the Lord first for our provision, protection, and strength. We would do well to remember this today.

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