Amid the chaos I find rest in You
Surrounded by the empty promises of sin
I anchor myself to Your freedom
In Your freedom, I learn to live
I find a life richer than any sin could give
This is freedom, This is Your love
Reaching out
Holding on
Showing me all You’ve done
Making Yourself known
When I see You, nothing else matters
When I feel You, the rest of the world disappears
When You gently whisper to me
Contentment replaces all my fears
Let me hear Your voice
Let me feel Your embrace
Let it just be me and You today
With Your voice comes purpose
Your perspective brings clarity
Your loving kindness brings no judgement
Your grace draws out the best in me
Let me hear Your voice
Let me feel Your embrace
Let it just be me and You today
You touch my eyes so I can see
You touch my heart so I can breathe
You gave your life to set me free
How free would I be if worth wasn’t measured in friendship
My value wasn’t defined by other’s views
My fulfillment not met by earthly dreams
My heart’s needs met by only You
How clear would my vision be if I erased the clutter
How light the load if I let the weights go
How patient the wait if I fully surrendered
How complete the path if I trusted all You told
Matthew 11:29-30
“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Shake off the dust
Get rid of the junk
Junk that’s been piling on for years
It’s weighed you down
Brought you down roads
That never were planned for you here
Your exit is now
Don’t miss the turn
This new road will be free and light
I’ve heard your prayers
It’s never too late
I’ll turn all this wrong into right
Isaiah 43:18-19
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Look closely
Look deeper
What does your soul say
If your peace is stolen
Your joy faded
What has gotten in the way
Do not promote guilt
When I died to set you free
Who decides which sin is worse
When this wasn’t even clarified by Me?
It is the condition of the heart
That only the Father can see
And He deals with it in grace
Not in condemnation to imprison thee
1 Samuel 16:7
“…The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
Matthew 15:14
“Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
Leave your bag at the door
Leave your burdens
All you carried here
Think of them no more
Tomorrow when you come again
Leave it at the door
And when you leave
You may pick it up once more
My hope for you one day
As you’re treading back and forth
Is that you see it’s not required
To carry your bag from door to door
I took a step forward And there was no trail
Nothing to follow
No crumb, no sign, no sail
I took another step
Now in the wild
Surrounded by the unknown
Adventure lurking for miles
One step after another
Still unsure what next I’d find
When the unpaved road turned
Leaving all uncertainty behind
Enveloped in pastures of green
Learning in the wild and free
No path, no fear
Just my steps, my heart and me
You’ve given me freedom
A space to be me
It’s so what I’ve needed
To not live in guilt, to be free
Within these boundaries
You direct me in grace
Bringing healing and change
With every glimpse of your face
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
I don’t look the way you think I should
I won’t fit inside your box
I can’t get enough of the people I love
You may disagree with the way I walk
Don’t expect me to condemn I won’t
These are the people I long to know
They need me and I died for them
To walk along side wherever they go
Luke 7:34
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
Then He took my hand
And led me far away
He tended to my wounds
He taught me how to pray
And when an opportunity came to go
I didn’t want to leave
I had fallen in love with this resting place
Where He showed me freedom and peace
So we agreed I could stay!
This was now my new home
Living with Him at my side
With no more need to roam
Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
You use pain to show me your healing
You use weakness to show me your strength
You use sadness to show me your joy
So rain down your will on me today.
How can I complain when trials come,
when they open my eyes to your face
Every disappointment
throws me in your arms
So rain down more troubles today.
I have seen the heavy weight of sin
I’ve allowed it to pull me in
It’s blinding and alluring
Unrelenting and dangerously bold
I chased it and I needed it
Until it grabbed a hold
It started to pull me under
Till I couldn’t come up for air
And everything around me
Crumbled with despair
I was left in the wake
Feeling empty but not alone.
For then is when I saw it
Jesus sitting on His throne
I’ve seen sins power and destruction
Felt my heart blinded and controlled
Seen devastation in life
When I don’t believe and let sin unfold
But He’s offered me freedom
He has overcome
He defeats the darkness
And He’s the Only One.
To rescue, redeem and set me free.
To break all chains and bring me peace
And then suddenly
the weight is lifted
The road looks clear
And it all just feels like a bad dream
Experiencing joy, sorrow, freedom, grief
All in the course of one day
So I stop, breathe in deeply
And love all that I have, all that remains
