The Motions?
I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
Without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking
What if I had given everything?
Instead of going through the motions
Matthew West knew what he was talking about. In 2007, he underwent vocal surgery. He couldn’t speak for months, but he has learned many things from God. He then wrote his song, “The Motions”.
How are we guilty of just playing church every day! Are we guilty of playing God like… always! Of doing things routinely! Of going through the motions of religion and faith!
This I know well. One of the things I’ve never wanted to be is a fraud, a Simon the Magician or another boob like that. That’s not me. But, how much do we fall for the trap? Like yesterday. No, nothing big. Just one of those things that happen when you… uh, never mind.
It just made me realize what I am. How I wasn’t aware that one thing, and it’s over? How come I could just… fall for that? (No, I’m not going to tell you!) How can I rebound from it, since I’m a bad one from rebounding? How can God’s grace rest over me, a guilty sinner-worse, a wanting-to-be-guilty sinner?
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. (1 John 3:18)
The same way: Lord, take over. I know that I’m a fraud, and that I will always sin every day. Don’t let me go through the motions of life and religion. You have forgiven y by the blood of Jesus Christ, and that is more than enough. Let Your Spirit lead my life instead of myself, and send my life to You. Make me stronger every day, and take away all guilt of sin. In Your name I pray, according to Your will… AMEN.
I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
Without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking
What if I had given everything?
Instead of going through the motions
Matthew West knew what he was talking about. In 2007, he underwent vocal surgery. He couldn’t speak for months, but he has learned many things from God. He then wrote his song, “The Motions”.
How are we guilty of just playing church every day! Are we guilty of playing God like… always! Of doing things routinely! Of going through the motions of religion and faith!
This I know well. One of the things I’ve never wanted to be is a fraud, a Simon the Magician or another boob like that. That’s not me. But, how much do we fall for the trap? Like yesterday. No, nothing big. Just one of those things that happen when you… uh, never mind.
It just made me realize what I am. How I wasn’t aware that one thing, and it’s over? How come I could just… fall for that? (No, I’m not going to tell you!) How can I rebound from it, since I’m a bad one from rebounding? How can God’s grace rest over me, a guilty sinner-worse, a wanting-to-be-guilty sinner?
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. (1 John 3:18)
The same way: Lord, take over. I know that I’m a fraud, and that I will always sin every day. Don’t let me go through the motions of life and religion. You have forgiven y by the blood of Jesus Christ, and that is more than enough. Let Your Spirit lead my life instead of myself, and send my life to You. Make me stronger every day, and take away all guilt of sin. In Your name I pray, according to Your will… AMEN.
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