Where I belong...
Sometimes it feels like I'm watching from the outside
Sometimes it feels like I'm breathing but am I alive
I will keep searching for answers that aren't here to find
All I know is I'm not home yet
This is not where I belong
Take this world and give me Jesus
This is not where I belong
So when the walls come falling down on me
And when I'm lost in the current of a raging sea
I have this blessed assurance holding me.
All I know is I'm not home yet
This is not where I belong
Take this world and give me Jesus
This is not where I belong
When the earth shakes I wanna be found in You
When the lights fade I wanna be found in You
All I know is I'm not home yet
This is not where I belong
Take this world and give me Jesus
This is not where I belong
All I know is I'm not home yet
This is not where I belong
Take this world and give me Jesus
This is not where I belong
Where I belong, where I belong
Where I belong, where I belong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he32vwlKQPY&ob=av2n
this is a song that i had heard a while back and had taken notice desiring to live with that mindset, but today our music pastor sang it during offering and it hit home. i have been wrestling with balancing hope and obedience. as you guys know from my past posts, i have been letting go, letting loose and releasing things that i have been holding on to with a strong grip. as i do this in obedience, i know that i still need to hold on to hope... loosely, as i have mentioned before. so balancing hope in the midst of continued obedience because i believe in God's character... He is faithful and good... He is The Lord who is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion (Numbers 14:18).... He is true to His word and He has plans for us... Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago (Isaiah 25:1). i choose to trust, obey and continue to have hope. in isaiah 26 it states: "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal." as the Lord has been speaking to me on this issue, i found these verses so reassuring. He has been showing me verse after verse on showing me who He is and what i need to do. in psalm 84: 11-12, it says, "For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you."
going back to the song... the thing about obeying is that we do it because our life is not here... it's in the eternal and this is not where i belong... this is temporary... i have said this a lot... but it's true... so if i hold on to my plans, my desires, my comforts... then i'm only looking for pleasures in this temporary world... when it's just temporary ... letting go for the eternal... if you go to... www.bethelcommunity.org (bethel pm podcast) our pastor RB is currently doing a sermon series called, "Jesus behind closed doors"... the one for tonight is awesome and hits the topic of what i have been wrestling with and the song and much more... he's good!!!
let's live a balanced life of hope and obedience remembering that this life is temporary and we need to be living for the eternal. this is not our home... so don't get comfortable!!
