The Bottom Line is that God does everything, yes everything ultimately for His glory. No doubt we benefit greatly from His work. There is, in fact, a top line blessing for God’s people. But the bottom line reminds us that it is never ultimately about us. He has no plans for us to be a dead end street for his blessing. Instead He blesses us so that through us He can bless others.

Fully embracing the bottom line will lead to many changes in your life. One of the small, practical, but still significant changes it brings is your approach to the Bible. Top line focused believers gravitate towards top line verses. When we forget and/or ignore the bottom line, we tend to have Bibles full of underlined and highlighted top line verses. We want to know what the Bible says to me, about me, for me, etc.

Make no mistake. Underlining and highlighting these kinds of verses isn’t wrong. God has much to say in His Word to us, about us, and for us. The mistake is made when we neglect the bottom line in our quest for top line blessings. Instead, we must seek to approach our time in the Scriptures looking for the bottom line. This is, after all, ultimate. So we probably don’t want to miss it.

As you study the Scriptures this week, search out the bottom line. Trust me, it won’t take long to find. As you find them, feel free to share them with us all right here on the blog.

And while you are thinking about it (now that you are), worship songs can be similar. There are lots of different worship songs and many of them are amazing. Have you ever taken time to think about which worship songs are bottom line focused and which ones are top line? Once again, singing top line worship songs isn’t wrong. But we do need a steady diet of bottom line songs as well. Do you have any favorites?

Joel Warren has led worship at many an iGo Base Camp and a couple team leader retreats. His latest CD, part of the Awaken Movement is called Kingdom Rise. This is a good place to go if you need some new bottom line songs to add to your bottom line playlist. Joel and the rest of the Awaken guys are bottom line thinkers who are passionate about the church embracing worship as a lifestyle. Good stuff that I’m sure you will enjoy.

You can get it from this site called iTunes. Here is a link to take you right there.

Your turn. What are your favorite bottom line songs? What about bottom line verses you found? Share them with us all.