listening to. I didn't realise Skillet has a song by the same title.
This one is by Shawn McDonald:
Just the other day went walking
Down to the corner and I saw a man
Sitting with a cup in his hand
Saying, "Hey won't you give me something
Won't you give me something to eat?"
I took a look into his eyes and
I saw he had a story to tell
But I walked away with my pockets full, full of change
And I said, "I got nothing for you"
It's time to confess that I need a little more
Jesus inside of me, Jesus inside of me
Don't you see, Jesus was homeless
Walking from city to city
Teaching people how to love
Giving them grace and mercy
Giving them grace and mercy
Now, Jesus was a friend to the friendless
Loving on all the outcasts
Teaching them that there was more
More than what they're living for
More than what they're living for
Don't you see, if you do not learn love
Then you will be completely nothing
You could be absolutely amazing
But you would be nothing
I can say love is what matters all I want, but when I really open my
eyes, I see my heart is still filled with selfishness. It's easy to be
a friend to the friendly, but God hasn't called me to what's easy. It's
about loving the unlovable. His death on the cross wasn't easy. Heaven
will be comfortable, but there's something wrong if I'm comfortable on
earth. Being a servant isn't easy. Being set apart; pursuing holiness
isn't easy. It's costly. But it's the greatest investment to be made.
Such a big risk, yet at the same time, a sure reward. Love ain't easy.
There are some in every generation who will be different. We need more
Amy Carmichaels, more ten Booms. This generation's morality is waning
quickly, even among those who profess Christ. The sheep are wearing
wolves' clothing. It's high time that we seek hard, that we don't
hesitate to lay everything down at the foot of the cross and follow
Christ through the valleys and up to the high places. Mediocrity is
unacceptable. It's gotta be all or nothing. A little more Jesus, every
day.
"It's gotta be all or nothing."
ReplyDeleteThat's something i've been thinking a lot about lately. i keep swinging back and forth in my relationship with God, getting close and then running the other way.
All or nothing. That's really the way it should be-- none of this lukewarm junk.