Today I going to talk about one of the first songs
that I heard of Colton Dixon's. I heard "You Are" on K-Love, and
while I didn't immediately fall in love with the song, I did really enjoy the
bridge. For those who don't know the bridge it goes, "If I had no voice, if I had no tongue/I would dance
for You like the rising sun/And when that day comes and I see Your face/I
will shout Your endless, glorious praise" I loved the bridge so
much because it gets into the heart of worship. Worship is more than just
singing in service once a week. Psalms 177:1-2 says, " Praise the Lord, all
nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and
the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!"
These verses talks about just praising the Lord for all He has done. It doesn't
say that you have to sing, but you can dance, or get on your knees, or just
stand in awe of who He is. The second part of the bridge talks about how joyous
it will be when we do finally reach Heaven, with no more pain, or suffering,
but just the glory of God remains. That is something that is to be worshipped,
and not just a kind of worship that you do because you have to, but a kind of
worship that is truly you connecting with God, and giving Him the glory. If you
did watch Colton on American Idol, season 11, then you know that for one of his
performances, he sang "Everything" by Lifehouse. If you saw that
performance, then you saw how much the song meant to Colton, and how he wasn't
singing to win, but he was singing to worship God.
In an interview after
American Idol, he was describing what it was like to sing that song, and there
is something that he said that I really connected with, which goes, "I (Colton)
was in worship. I wasn't singing to them or anyone in the audience. It was total
connection between me and God on stage, especially that last time I sang it.
The world was completely shut off, and that's the way it is suppose to be."
The last sentence is the one that sticks out to me the most. I find that often
times in worship, we tend to get sidetracked easily. You worry about what the
person sitting next you is doing, or what you need to do to fit in, or you're
on your phone texting a friend. We are often doing anything but worship, but
when you can connect with just God, it is something different. I don't know if
you have experienced anything like that, but I encourage all of you to take a chance
next time you worship, and forget about the world around you, and focus on God
who He is, whether that is through singing, or dancing or falling to your knees.
I'm not going to go
into much detail about the rest of the song, but if you listen to it, you can recognize
a theme throughout. The song is just a worship song praising who God is. There
is a video on Youtube where Colton is talking about the song, and he can explain
it much better than I could, because he wrote the song. I pray that you will
take a time to check out all the videos below, because they are so powerful in
their message.
Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you so much for
dying for me on the cross, and being everything that I am not. Thank you for
always being there and never leaving me. Thank you for the grace and mercy that
is new every day. Thank you for your love Lord, and I want to thank you for
knowing your plan for my life, and for giving me what is the best for me at
this moment in time. Thank you for the artists, and the songs that you allow
them to write. Thank you for the worship band at my church. Thank you for
knowing how I learn the best, and using that to help me grow in my faith. Thank
you for all you have done, and being the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Amen.
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