Where You go I go
What You say I say
And what You pray I pray
And what You pray I pray
Where You go I go
What You say I say
And what You pray I pray
And what You pray I pray
Cause Jesus only did what He saw You do
And He would only say what He heard You speak
And He would only move when He felt You lead
Following Your heart following Your spirit
So How could I expect to walk without You
When every move that Jesus made was in surrender
I will not begin to live without You
For You alone are worthy and You are always good
Where You go I go
What You say I say God
And what You pray I pray
And what You pray I pray
Where You go I go
What You say I say God
And what You pray I pray
And what You pray I pray
So How could I expect to walk without You
When every move that Jesus made was in surrender
I will not begin to live without You
For You alone are worthy and You are always good
You are always good
La, la, la, la
Oh, the beauty of Your name will be seen upon my face, Oh, God
La la la la
Oh, the glory of Your name will be seen upon our face, Oh, God
Though the world sees and soon forgets
We will not forget who You are and what You've done for us
And what You've done for us
And Though the world sees and soon forgets
We will not forget what You've done for us
La la la la
La la la
Where You go I go
What You say I say God
And what You pray I pray
And what You pray I pray
I will follow You yeah,
In this desert life, I will follow You
Whatever comes my way
Through every situation, I will follow You
To the unknown, to the unsaved
Give me a heart of no compromise
I have been struggling in the last few days with understanding and feeling God's nudgings in my life. I was reading through John 10 earlier this week. In this passage, Jesus makes it plain and simple what our calling is to do: Follow him. Follow him... the Good Shepherd. The one who promises everlasting life. Don't get tricked by the false, bad shepherds, but keep your eyes glued to THE Good Shepherd.
The tricky thing is that sometimes my ideas and ways don't align with God's. I feel like God is giving me opportunities to hold my friends accountable and speak into their lives, but when I try to act on it, things fall apart. I need to be willing to trust in the Big Man to do the leading. Like this song says,
"Cause Jesus only did what He saw You do
And He would only say what He heard You speak
And He would only move when He felt You lead
Following Your heart following Your spirit."
I need to follow him. Margaret (my awesome, great, wonderful boss), puts it wonderfully in one of her books that we need to glue our little foreheads into God's shoulder blades-- walking so close behind him that we are literally breathing in his scent, feeling his heartbeat, and walking in step with him. So often I find myself saying, "God, I think this is a better direction..." and peeling my eyes off of him, wandering from the One who promises greener pastures. It is then I find myself stumbling in the darkness. Running into walls, tripping over obstacles, getting myself into webs--so tangled up, it takes him searching, longing for me... his lost sheep... to come to my rescue.
So instead of wandering off in the darkness without his guidance and leading... I need to wait for him to move. I need to wait to have the tough conversations until I feel the Spirit's guidance. I need to wait to confront people until I am sure it was his idea first. I need to prayerfully consider my decisions and actions as a reflection of his character. "Where you go, I'll go..."
I wrote this in my journal today: "We continually sin and eff up and then try and run back into your arms. Day after day we do this. Prayer after prayer. How annoying for you. I mean, your love surpasses my own, but hearing me call for a new life and repentance day in and out then return to turning my back to you." It seems rather ridiculous. I am seeing this in the lives of some people I care for. They are set on correcting their wrongs, continue in sin, then return to repentance saying the same thing again. From my human point of view, this is obnoxious and hypocritical. No wonder non-Christians find Christianity so unbelievable.
Today, God was reminding me how much he sees this same cycle. The cycle of sin, repentance, forgiveness, sin, etc... etc... etc... Yet he continues to forgive, save, redeem, restore, forgive, save, redeem, restore, forgive, save, redeem, restore... etc... While my human heart can only take so much, his is infinite. Yet, we continue to hurt and break our Father's heart-- the one who really does love us unconditionally. Why would we purposefully fall further from him? If we really understand the life that he offers us, why would we run first chance we get? We are so used to cheap grace and cheap love. As humans, we have this idea that the best love we can receive is human love. False. God's love is so much greater. His grace is so much more pure.
Follow him. Follow the one who offers the unending love and grace. The one who wants to guide you with his easy yoke and light burden. The one who forgives, but also convicts. Who loves us enough to catch us in our sin so that we don't fall further from him. Chase after him. Take up your cross and follow him.
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