Do you ever feel like you have seen so much that should make you firm in your beliefs, and yet you still find yourself questioning? No? Just me? What questions do you find yourself asking?
I need truth instead of answers
I need faith instead of sight
I need trust when I can't find the reasons why
I need presence over blessings
I need promise over proof
I need hope instead of healing in my life
What I really need is You
I could probably write a paragraph about each and everyone of these lines, but I'm pretty sure no-one would want to read all that. So I'll try to summarize it with one line that I think is most impactful to me. As a "math minded" person I often look for proof. I want things that are clear cut, easy to prove, follow logically and are sure. I want to know something is true beyond a shadow of a doubt before I believe it. But really, what I need is promise over proof. I need to rely on God's promises. Because the truth is that those are what will sustain me. His promise of salvation. His promise of a love that never fails. His promise to never leave me. These are the things that I can be certain of, instead of searching for a proof.
Set my heart on fire
And let it burn away the fear
of what I don't know
I don't need the answers
Cuz I trust the one who watching over my soul
He won't let go
Jesus burn away the fear of what I don't know. What I need is You. Lord, I need You.
I've seen mountains move, I've seen giants fall
I've watched oceans part in front of me
Every battle won, every miracle
Couldn't stop my heart from questioning
Oh lord help my unbelief
Through all this You're showing me
That I need truth instead of answers
I need faith instead of sight
I need trust when I can't find the reasons why
I need presence over blessings
I need promise over proof
I need hope instead of healing in my life
What I really need is You
I've seen gardens grow from the desert place
I've seen purpose drawn from my pain
There's no tear that falls that isn't met with grace
When things are good, we easily sing "It is Well" - but what do we do when things are hard? What do we sing? Do we still sing "It is Well"?
When my soul is crushed within
You see me in my pain
You have not forgotten me
When I call upon Your name
I know You're always here
Deliverance is near
God has not forgotten you, He will not forget you! When you call on His name He is near and will bring deliverance with Him.
Whatever may come
Your Spirit reminds me
You still reign on high
In all You allow
When darkness surrounds me
You are glorified
When darkness and chaos surrounds me, He reminds me that it is well - that in those places He can be glorified.
Holy Spirit have Your way
My life is in Your hands
I rest here in Your plan
No matter the mountain and valley, may I find myself singing "It is Well" - Spirit have your way, let my life be in Your hands, may I choose today to rest here in Your plan!
