I picked up Matt Maher CD this afternoon while I was making a Wal*Mart run with my wife. Popped it in when I got in the car and began to listen. Song number 3, "Sing Over Your Children," I think is awesome. Read the lyrics below:
Verse 1:
I flirt with the world
It steals my love for You
My fear grips my faith
And I am left Unmoved
But You Stop my heart
Your voice fills the dark
Your love is the spark that lights this life
And so we rise
Chorus:
Out of the depths you cry
“Come and be satisfied”
Father you sing
Father, you sing over Your children
Let us see through Your eyes
We are Your great delight
Father you sing
Father, you sing over Your children
My fear grips my faith
And I am left Unmoved
But You Stop my heart
Your voice fills the dark
Your love is the spark that lights this life
And so we rise
Chorus:
Out of the depths you cry
“Come and be satisfied”
Father you sing
Father, you sing over Your children
Let us see through Your eyes
We are Your great delight
Father you sing
Father, you sing over Your children
Verse 2:
You quiet the storm
Inside my shipwrecked soul
Your Spirit will lead
It calls the wayward home
At the sound of Your name
Our sin is washed away
In Christ we’re crucified
In You we die, in You we rise
Bridge:
And we’re singing along
Your daughters and sons
We’re Singing Your song
You quiet the storm
Inside my shipwrecked soul
Your Spirit will lead
It calls the wayward home
At the sound of Your name
Our sin is washed away
In Christ we’re crucified
In You we die, in You we rise
Bridge:
And we’re singing along
Your daughters and sons
We’re Singing Your song
We are Your children.
I have been aware of Zephaniah 3:17 for sometime which says, "The Lord Your God is with you; He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with His love, he will rejoice over you with singing!" This particular passage is speaking of Israel, when they reach the Father in heaven, but the principle is that God is overjoyed by the salvation that we have in Him.
Does it make you scratch your head when you think about God singing and rejoicing because you are saved and will live in His presence? What an incredible thought! Not only did the God of the universe save our filthy, pathetic lives by grace, and not only does he love us UNCONDITIONALLY, but he rejoices in the fact that we know Him! The God who deserves our rejoicing, rejoices over us! This should revolutionize the way you view our sovereign and powerful God. Sure He is powerful, and high above all else and "sits in the heavens and does as he pleases," but he longs for us to be his beloved children!
I love the lyrics above because in verse 1, Matt tells of the struggles life brings. Temptation and struggle is all around us, but the love of Christ is greater than all! In God the Father we can be fully satisfied, and through His eyes He sees great delight, when He should see worthless sinners! What an incredible truth! And verse 2 says, "At the sound of your name, our sins are washed away!" The unconditional love of the Father sees us as pure and spotless before Him, then REJOICES!
I do not know what this truth will be like when I reach heaven and the Father rejoices, but I know it cannot be exaggerated with words. This is what was on my mind, so thanks for reading. I hope it makes you think about how great the Father's love is for His children. It's not just a "good, their saved" love, it is an ecstatic, overjoyed love that should cause you to respond in overjoyed worship!
1 comments:
Good stuff, man. How many times do we see in the New Testament Paul, Peter, and others exhorting the followers of Jesus not to go after the desires of the flesh? Paul says we sought our satisfaction from the things of this world back when we were dead in our sins (Eph. 2:1-3). Peter says those passions of the flesh wage war against our soul (1 Pet. 2:11), and instead we should long for pure spiritual milk - if we have tasted that the Lord is good (1 Pet. 2:3).
Why do I follow and feast on the sugar-coated crap of this world? There is no nourishment in it. It actually shrivels up my soul and kills it. Instead I stuff myself so full of worldly entertainment, pleasure, and all kinds of idolatry that I have no appetite when I turn my eyes upon Jesus.
I have a five month old son. He drinks milk. When he is hungry, he lets us know, and we feed him. If we weren't to feed him, he would scream and cry until he got some of the goods. I hate to think of this, but if we weren't to feed him at all, he would soon get sick, weak, and... And if we were to feed him anything other than the milk he needs, the same thing would happen.
What Peter is saying is that we are to cry out to God like newborn infants who are hungry, and God will feed us with his goodness. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. He wants to feed us. He delights to draw near and care for his children. A true child, to continue the nursing metaphor, will latch on to his mother when he is hungry. He won't push her away. Are we seeking God, or pushing him away? Are we crying out to him for pure spiritual milk, the only substance that can satisfy our souls? If not, that is definitely an indicator that we are finding fulfillment elsewhere.
Ryan
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