A while back I was listening to KLove on my way home from work and was listening to an artist on there talking about when she made the shift from listening to Christian music to being a Christian music listener. The difference was really hearing the lyrics of the song and feeling them. Knowing them. Living them. Music has always been a powerful thing to me. I love it. We have music playing in our house constantly, thanks to Pandora and iTunes Radio, and are known for some mad "jam sessions" in the car. One of the songs that I've really been moved by recently is "Christ in Me" by Tim Timmons. Listen to the song and take a look at the lyrics.
The same great light that
broke the dark
The same great peace that
calmed the seas
Hallelujah, is living in me
The same great love that
gives us breath
The same great power that
conquered death
Hallelujah, is flowing
through me
And what, what if I believed
in Your power
And I really lived it
What, what if I believed
Christ in me
What if I believed
I would lay my worries down
See these hills as level ground
What if I believed, Christ in
me
The same great love that
casts out fear
The same compassion that
draws us near
Hallelujah, is living in the
air
The same great mercy I
received
Amazing grace for a wretch
like me
Hallelujah, is flowing
through me
And what, what if I believed
in Your power
And I really lived it
What, what if I believed,
Christ in me
What if I believed
I would lay my worries down
See these hills as level
ground
What if I believed, Christ in
me
Oh, I would praise You with
my life
Let my story lift You high
What if I believed, Christ in
me
What if I believed, Christ in
me
And what, what if I believed
in Your power
And I really lived it
What, what if I believed,
Christ in me
What if I believed
I would lay my worries down
And I'd see these hells as
level ground
What if I believed, Christ in
me
Oh, I would praise You with
my life
Let my story lift You high
What if I believed, Christ in
me
What if I believed, Christ in
me
What
if I believed, Christ in me
The chorus of this song convicts and challenges my heart. I've learned about, and known God all my life. I was raised in a Catholic church and attended almost every Sunday. Then in high school I started attending the church I am still a member of today. I went to bible college, I've been on mission trips, I serve in the church today. I'm not telling you this as a pat on my back, but so I can tell you how strongly convicted I am by this song. I proclaim and teach "Christ in Me," but do I truly believe, or claim it? Probably not. "...if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." (Matt17:20) How often do I turn to myself for things when I should be turning to Christ. If I truly lived the lyrics of this song, lived a life trusting in the light, peace, love and power that is "flowing through me," rather than trusting in my own strengths, abilities and desires, God could do some amazing things.
Christine Cain says, "Impossible is where God starts." Think of all the impossible things we, as believers, could do, say, conquer, the people we could reach, if we really claimed "Christ in Me," and believed the impossible could happen. This has been my prayer this week. That I may not only claim, but truly live and believe "Christ in Me."
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