Let the Waters Rise

With less than a week left in February (How did THAT happen?!?), I thought I'd try to get back to my original intent for this month of posting verses about loving God. Do you ever feel like you get swallowed up into a black hole and before you know it, days have passed and you've completely lost yourself? Can't really explain why that seems to have happened, but it's the best description of the past several days that I can come up with...

Anyways, a few thoughts came together for me today and I wanted to get them down before another day passes by. I haven't been listening much to WAAY-FM lately because I've had this new Hallal CD playing over and over in my car -- but I had the radio on the last couple of days and this song keeps popping up and catching my attention. It's been speaking to my heart, so I thought I'd post it:




Let the Waters Rise by MikesChair

Don't know where to begin
Its like my world's caving in
And I try but I can't control my fear
Where do I go from here?

Sometimes its so hard to pray
When You feel so far away
But I am willing to go
Where you want me to
God, I trust You

There's a raging sea
Right in front of me
Wants to pull me in
Bring me to my knees
So let the waters rise
If You want them to
I will follow You
I will follow You
I will follow You

I will swim in the deep
'Cuz You'll be next to me
You're in the eye of the storm
And the calm of the sea
You'll never out of reach

God, You know where I've been
You were there with me then
You were faithful before
You'll be faithful again
I'm holding Your hand

There's a raging sea
Right in front of me
Wants to pull me in
Bring me to my knees
So let the waters rise
If You want them to
I will follow You
I will follow You
I will follow You

God Your love is enough
You will pull me through
I'm holding onto You
God Your love is enough
I will follow You
I will follow You

There's a raging sea
Right in front of me
Wants to pull me in
Bring me to my knees
So let the waters rise
If You want them to
I will follow You
I will follow You
I will follow You

So I've had this song on my mind, and then I read my friend Lisa's blog today (http://www.lisanotes.blogspot.com/) and I'm going to steal a quote from one of her posts that really made me think:

"Your love becomes trust only when you choose to believe that I brought you out of something bad to bring you into something good before you experience that something good. Then your love is sustained by confidence in My character, not by enjoyment of current blessings." (from the book, "66 Love Letters" by Larry Crabb)

To me, this quote is a bit like the lines in the song, "But I am willing to go where you want me to. God, I trust You ...Your love is enough. I will follow You." In other words, I choose to believe that You have brought me to this place in life to lead me into something good, even if I'm not seeing it all the way that I want to or even feel like I need to see it just yet. I TRUST in Your unfailing love and goodness. I so want this to be my heart! For all that God has done, it's amazing that this can even be a struggle...

Finally, this is the verse that came very quickly to mind as I was mulling these things over:

"Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."

I Cor 13:7