Chris Tomlin's latest radio single entitled I Will Follow You has been out for a while now. The lyrics to the chorus are simply this:
I was privileged to have the opportunity to go see Chris Tomlin in concert this past year and this song stood out to me the most. It was already out on radio, but I'll be honest, I never really paid close attention to the lyrics. Until I was actually singing these words in a worship setting, they never meant that much to me. But it was at that moment that the seriousness of this declaration grabbed hold of my heart.
Just think about the last couple of lines of the chorus: If this life I lose, I will follow You. That's a bold statement to be making to a jealous God. So, my point is short and...well...to the point.
Are you aware of what you're singing while driving down the road in your car? Christian music is a great thing, but don't let it become another part of consumerism in your life.
Where You go, I'll go / Where You stay, I'll stay / When You move, I'll move / I will follow You // Who You love, I'll love / How You serve I'll serve / If this life I lose, I will follow You // I will follow You
I was privileged to have the opportunity to go see Chris Tomlin in concert this past year and this song stood out to me the most. It was already out on radio, but I'll be honest, I never really paid close attention to the lyrics. Until I was actually singing these words in a worship setting, they never meant that much to me. But it was at that moment that the seriousness of this declaration grabbed hold of my heart.
Just think about the last couple of lines of the chorus: If this life I lose, I will follow You. That's a bold statement to be making to a jealous God. So, my point is short and...well...to the point.
Are you aware of what you're singing while driving down the road in your car? Christian music is a great thing, but don't let it become another part of consumerism in your life.
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
~1 Peter 1
