Wednesday, October 2, 2013

We Won't Move Without You

Jeff Johnson has consistently been introducing me to my favorite new songs since August of 2011 (thanks Impact!). Through Breakaway and three rounds at Latham Springs for that Impact life, good music has been a constant factor. I'm one of those people who worships best by singing (the irony is kind of overwhelming for this tone-deaf diva); in terms of feeling, that's when I feel closest to Christ.

This past session of Impact, we learned a song where the bridge repeated "we won't move without You", which 1. really struck me and 2. made me think.

Like, what if we quite literally did not make any decisions about anything without the consult of the Lord? How would that change how we lived, what we thought, and where we went? It's kind of overwhelming to think about.

I've made snap decisions in my life where, looking back, I get almost embarrassed by how foolish they were. I did them because it was socially normal or encouraged, because I thought I was supposed to, or because I was just too anxious and impatient.

You could look through the whole Bible and see where people did their own thing and just got wrecked because of it. In Breakaway, Ben Stuart has been going through Exodus and the plight of the freed Israelite people. Let me tell you: they struggled. They constantly did things God via Moses told them not to do and, as a result, they wandered around the desert for 40 years. The 12 Disciples in the New Testament inadvertently put roadblocks in front of Jesus all the time--not letting the kids come hang out or telling people to leave Jesus alone. And then the Son of God is just over there like, "Really, bros? Do you still not know who I am yet and that I'm trying to rescue everyone here?"

The Israelis and the Disciples did what they thought was right without the consultation due to God. And that didn't exactly turn out beautifully for them for a good, long while. Only after they moved with the force of the Lord's will did they see their respective promised lands.

I have no doubt that this will ring true through the ages.