Still Hearing the Song

Yesterday I posted a video of the song Take me to the King.  Still today I can’t get the words out of my head, the lyrics, they speak straight into me.  I have felt so much like this song lately.  Just needing to hear a word from Jesus. Just needing to feel Him and know He is still in control of things.  Just feeling tired, all churched out, fed up with religion.  Not fed up with Jesus but fed up with the way the world is so messed up and we pretend it isn’t.  Fed up with pretending when I’m really having a bad day.  Fed up with smiling when I really feel nothing near smiling. Fed up with pleasantries.  Fed up with the lack of sincerity in the world around me. Fed up with people pretending that there aren’t people in pain all around them.  Worse yet people just not caring.

Not mad at the local church body I belong too.  Nothing drastic has happened to make things a problem.  I still love my people and the church I attend.  I just think the American church as a whole is sick and broken.  And I look at people I know around me in the world that are honestly showing who they are and its rough.  Life is hard.  And yes we have the joy of the Lord but shouldn’t we care more about the world around us.  Shouldn’t I care enough to really pray and act on their behalf.

My heart is broken for the bigger picture.  The corruption and evil that grows in our world everyday.  Its ugly and it seems to touch us all and everyone around us.  But we stay closed in our homes pretending we aren’t affected by it.  I have been told in the past that I am deep.  That I see things differently.  I guess I do.  I am deep and I feel things deeply.  I do see things beyond the surface.  But doesn’t someone need too?  Don’t we all need too?

At times seeing things on such a deep level gets to be so daunting.  Seeing the great needs around me weighs on me sometimes.  Sometimes I just need the King to remind me that He has already won the battle of evil.  Sometimes I just need His touch of healing on my soul.  Sometimes I just need to be reminded that it will all be okay. These words in the song say what my heart feels “Take me to the king, I don’t have much to bring, My heart is torn in pieces, It’s my offering, Lay me at the throne, Leave me there alone, To gaze upon your glory, And sing to you this song…..

Here are the full lyrics to the song.  Hope they sooth your soul like they have mine today.