Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Give Me Jesus

Its been a while since I've written and its not that I haven't been on my blog its just that I haven't really had much to write or say. I'm not one to post something just for the sake of making a post.

Lately I've been going for walks during lunch on a greenway nearby work. I usually take my mp3 player and listen to a MacArthur sermon or some thought provoking music. The other day this song comforted me as I listened to the lyrics:

"Give Me Jesus"

In the morning, when I rise, In the morning, when I rise, In the morning, when I rise, give me Jesus. Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus, You can have all this world, But give me Jesus. When I am alone, When I am alone, When I am alone, give me Jesus. Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus, You can have all this world, But give me Jesus. When I come to die, When I come to die, When I come to die, give me Jesus. Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus, You can have all this world, You can have all this world, You can have all this world, But give me Jesus...

The only version I have heard of this traditional song is the version the Fernando Ortega did and from what I understand its been recorded by a lot of people. This song really captured the way I've been feeling and the way I've come to view life. I see the things that this world promises will bring happiness and fulfillment but in reality it only leaves us wanting more. This world is such an empty place and nothing that it has to offer will be of any lasting value. I am a very blessed man with a lot to be thankful for. God has given me a great wife and son with another child on the way. And above all God chose to save a sinner like me, what can bring a sense of joy greater than that? Surely nothing this world has to offer.

Just give me Jesus, you can have all this world and all its empty pursuits but give me Jesus and by God's grace I'll be content in Him.

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