My friends, I have a book recommendation for you. “How Can We Not Worship Him?” by Brad Tuttle is now available for pre-order. Make sure to get your copy by reserving it at this link today!
If you need a reminder of who Brad Tuttle is, he is my friend who had the death to life experience last year. I shared his story, one chapter at a time, over 8 posts. If you’d like to read that, you will find Chapter 1 HERE.
He was writing his book about worship when he died, and the project was put on hold. If he wasn’t passionate about worship before that incredible event (which he was), he sure would have been after experiencing God’s miraculous resurrection power in his own life!
I have read “How Can We Not Worship Him?” and let me tell you, it has changed me. It opened my eyes and helped me to fall in love with my Savior all over again. I dare to bet it will do the same for you.
By way of example, let me tell you this quick story. I was at church, and we were singing a familiar song. The lyrics are as follows:
“You are Lord of Lords, You are King of Kings
You are Mighty God, Lord of everything
You’re Emmanuel, You’re the Great ‘I Am’
You’re the Prince of Peace, who is the Lamb
You’re my living God, You’re my saving grace
You will reign forever, You are ancient of days
You’re the Alpha, Omega, beginning and end
You’re my Savior, Messiah, Redeemer, and Friend
You’re my Prince of Peace and I will live my life for You
I got as far as “the Great ‘I Am'” and I was undone. My heart had been opened, by reading Brad’s book, to my frequent failure to connect with who God is. I couldn’t keep singing, one overarching truth after another in rapid succession, as I had before. I stood in tearful silence, weak in the knees.
I heard the line “You’re my Savior, Messiah, Redeemer, and Friend” and I could barely breathe. How could someone with such lofty credentials, who had experienced such extreme torture on my account, want to be my friend?
And then the last line. “I will live my life for You”. How many times had I glibly sung that promise? And was I living my life for Him? The question was not whether I was living my life as I was willing to do for Him… but was I truly living the moments of my life as He desired?
To be honest, I’m not sure I heard the sermon that day. The Holy Spirit was using my fresh understanding of how worthy God is, how good He is, and how wholly unworthy I am to receive His goodness, to teach me about how I worship, versus how He calls me to worship. And it all started with the heart-revealing, eye-opening words in “How Can We Not Worship Him?”.
I whole-heartedly recommend this book to YOU, my friend. It is written in short devotional style; just a couple of paragraphs make up each of the 44 chapters. If you read and meditate on one chapter a day, I believe your relationship with God will be radically changed.
This is a beautiful book with a vibrant cover and artful chapter breaks. It would make a great gift, so I suggest you snag a couple extra copies in addition to your own! I can’t wait to hear what God does in your life, and the lives of your loved ones, through the words He has given Brad to share. Please report back and let me know!
How Can We Not Worship Him? (the Amazon link to the book pre-order)
HowCanWeNotWorshipHim.com (link to the blog)