7/3/2023 0 Comments Song give it to me![]() I said that it is much easier to sing/say it than it is to live it. I learned that He is still asking of a generation the question that He asked of Isaiah in The book of Isaiah chap 6:8 “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Just like Isaiah when God asks that of us there is only one reasonable response, “Here am I send me!” How I long to be one that He can use and that He can send. The rest came the next day as I began to contemplate what God was saying and I penned the words “I give myself away so You can use me.” That is the physical mechanics of how the song came but where was I? I was in the midst of a yearlong pursuit to know the heart of my Father. Where was I when I wrote “I give myself away?” specifically I was in church singing part of it as a musical response to a prophetic word that was released by my pastor Sam Hinn during a night of intercession. As I was writing, I knew that what I was writing was ahead of me and more declarations of where we including myself need to be as the people who belong to God. These specific songs on this CD are a response to what God is saying and mainly are prophetic in nature. Sometimes when you write a song it is out of the places you’ve been or maybe what you’ve been through etc. As a result “As we worship” was birthed and recorded live at my church where I serve as worship pastor. As the Lord revealed His heart I would respond with writing and of course private worship to God. This was after several years of internally questioning the outcomes of our worship, which seemed to be more focused on responses than results. I was asked by someone on Facebook last week where was I or what place was I in when I wrote that song? The answer to that question is that God spoke to my heart and invited me to hear His heart and as a result of a year alone with Him I wrote in response to what He was saying and showing me. I believe that some understood and some maybe didn’t quite understand what I am saying. There were a lot of responses and of course when one opens their heart the way I did there is a lot of room for interpretation. ![]() ![]() Help me Lord to make it a reality and not just a melody. It’s much easier to sing about giving yourself away than it is to make it a daily reality. A few months ago I wrote in my Facebook status that I am really being challenged by the lyrics of my own songs. ![]()
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