Monday, October 17, 2011

Realignment

My life is a light for Your cause
My will laid aside for Your call
And reserved are the depths of my heart
Only for You

I'm caught in the rhythms of grace
They overcome all of my ways
Realigning each step everyday
To live for Your glory

There's none beside You God
There's none beside You God

You're there in the dark of the night
While holding the sun and it's light
Through the triumph and trials alike
There's no-one beside You

Your voice called the stars by their name
'Cause You whispered them all to their place
To testify to Your wonder and praise
Both now and forever

There's none beside You God
There's none beside You God
I love my life to shine Your light
'Cause there's none beside You God

No eye has seen
No ear has heard
The depths of Your love, Lord
No mind can fathom
The love You deserve
How great You are



This song is from the newest Hillsong album, Aftermath.
The first verse of the song is all about how devoted the singer is to Christ.
"My will laid aside for your call.... Reserved are the depths of my heart, only for you"
The rest of the song is mostly just about the greatness of God.

I really love this song. I have been wanting to post some lyrics as my facebook status for a while, but I haven't because I have to ask myself, "Am I really that devoted to Christ?"
Can I really say that I am "realigning each step every day" to live for God's glory?

I would say that no, I can't truthfully say that. Can you say that?
Seriously, think about it.
Go up and read the first two stanzas again, and really think about what the song is saying here.

It's saying,
"My life is a beacon for your glory (you cause)
Your call on my life is more important than anything else I might want
And there is a special part of my that save just for you, God.

You're steady grace is so great that I am compelled to push aside my own way of life and replace it with the way that you have called me to
Each day, I realign my motives and my actions so that I can bring you more and more glory"

Wow. Who can genuinely sing that? Who can say such a thing about themselves with any such honesty?

The song goes on to talk about the greatness of God and the greatness of his love for us.
Go ahead and read the rest of the song now.

In light of all this, how can we not lay aside our will and devote our lives to be a light for his glory?

"But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead."
-Philippians 3:7-11

Whenever I am in a worship service and I encounter songs like this, songs that speak such devotion. I sing them as a prayer that I will be as devoted to Christ as these words say. God is so great and his love is so strong, how can we offer him anything but everything?

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