my joy to say
7:06 PM
With this heart open wide
From the depths from the heights
I will bring a sacrifice
With these hands lifted high
Here my song here my cry
I will bring a sacrifice
I will bring a sacrifice
I lay me down
I'm not my own
I belong to you alone
Lay me down
Lay me down
Oh, hand on my heart
This much is true
There's no life apart from you
Lay me down
Lay me down
Letting go of my pride
Giving up all my rights
Take this life and let it shine, shine, shine
Take this life and let it shine
It will be my joy to say
Your will, your way
It will be my joy to say
Your will, your way, always
End of yet another hectic week and I really want to thank God for really being there throughout - giving me the strength to go on, cancelling a lot of my commitments so that I have more time to clear work.
A lot of unexpected commitments also popped up along the way which really caught me off guard and cause disruptions in my original plans. But really have to thank God for freeing up so much time for me so that I had the time to attend to those happenings and still complete what I had to.
I think throughout this very hectic period of time, I kept losing sight of my priorities. At times, I tend to rely on my own strength and focus on pursuing things that are so purposeless. As a result, I've been feeling drained out very easily all in the mind, heart and soul that I feel so empty. There are the short bursts of rejuvenation but it's often short-lived. I guess it's because I've been depending on the things of the world and serving things of the world, but not the Lord. That's also how I got so tired out from needing to meet expectations of men..
What happened to the me who only bothered about God's judgement of me?
What am I slowly conforming to the pattern of the world and let it consume me?
I lay me down
I'm not my own
I belong to you alone
Lay me down
Lay me down
Oh, hand on my heart
This much is true
There's no life apart from you
Lay me down
Lay me down
Letting go of my pride
Giving up all my rights
Take this life and let it shine, shine, shine
Take this life and let it shine
I need to know and understand that I am not my own and whatever I have in the world is given from the Lord. I should stop fixing my eyes on serving things that are temporary and will fade with time.. but fix my eyes and devote my time to the Lord who will never fail. It's really such a challenge to constantly remind myself that the Lord is in control of my entire life. I really need to let go of my pride, give up all my rights so that the Lord can use my life to the fullest to let it be the light to others.
Take my heart and make it clean o'Lord.
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