Well, everybody's got a story to tell
And everybody's got a wound to be healed
I want to believe there's beauty here
'Cause oh, I get so tired of holding on
I can't let go, I can't move on
I want to believe there's meaning here
How many times have you heard me cry out
"God please take this"?
How many times have you given me the strength to
Just keep breathing?
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.
How many of us have a unique story to tell? How many of us have an internal wound that needs some sort of healing? We want to believe that there is still some awe and beauty in the world but it becomes such a burden to keep living the way that we do, so distracted and lost in the world. It is as if our legs are made of concrete sometimes and we live with the fear that this life has absolutely no meaning or purpose. How many times have we cried out to God? How many times have we asked God to take this burden that we are carrying around, that is like a heavy stone around our necks, constantly weighing us down and causing us to drown? How many times has God given us the strength to just simply take one more panicked and desperate breath?
Standing on a road I didn't plan
Wondering how I got to where I am
I'm trying to hear that still small voice
I'm trying to hear above the noise
How many times have you heard me cry out
God, please take this?
How many times have you given me the strength to
Just keep breathing?
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.
Though I walk,
Though I walk through the shadows
And I, I am so afraid
Please stay, please stay right beside me
With every single step I take
How many times have you heard me cry out?
And how many times have you given me strength?
Here I go, walking through the shadows again. And honestly, I am so afraid of what I might see. The rooms inside my heart are as black a road tar. They are the secret places where things like porn, drug and alcohol abuse, anger, self-abuse, or any other thing you wouldn't want your co-workers or family to find out about dwell. This is the time when I need God right beside me, holding my hand, walking in step with me, room by room, turning on the light and flushing away all the bad things in my life. How many times have I fell down on my knees and cried out to God and asked for this? How many promises have I broken during a desperate moment of agonizing fear of being found guilty for what I have done?
How many times have you heard me cry out
"God please take this"?
How many times have you given me the strength to
Just keep breathing?
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.
I need you now
How many times have I cried out to God? More times than I can remember or count out. How many times has He turned His ear towards me and heard me cry out? Every single time. How many times has God given me the strength to just keep going another moment? Every single moment of every single day.
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.
I need you now
I need you now*
It is only when we humble ourselves and realize that we can't do this life alone, that we can't beat the addiction or the sin in our lives that God will intervene on our behalf. God tells us specifically in His word that if we cry out to Him, that He will hear us. What will it take for you to realize that all you have to do is cry out to God and admit to Him what He already knows in order to be saved? What tragedy has to occur to get your attention? Tragedy? Did he just say tragedy? I did. God will use whatever He deems necessary to get our attention. God speaks to us in many ways, through His word, sometimes its a still small voice, and sometimes He will allow our enemy to "sift" you in order to gain your attention and focus your eyes back to Him. What are you waiting for? Stop where you are and cry out to Him with a loud voice and simply tell Him, "Lord, I need you now!" And you have my word that He will hear you.
"But I call to God, and the Lord will save me." Psalm 55:16 ESV
*"Need You Now" by Plumb
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