Overwhelmed

“Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

- Mark 7:36-37 NIV

Sometimes a song and/or a song lyric speaks to me. It’s as if the words are saying exactly what I want and need to say to God.

Or, it’s as if God were speaking to my very soul through that music, that lyric, that song.

Over my lifetime there have been a handful (or two) of songs that fit that bill, that speak to me, that share my heart’s cry for the Lord. And anytime I hear them, my mind and my heart are taken back to the place it first spoke, taken to the foot of the cross, taken to the arms of Jesus… and I’m reminded of His grace, His mercy, His love.

One of those songs for me is a song from a few years back… that became a “hit” in Christian music - “Overwhelmed” by Big Daddy Weave.

This is not to say that this song or anything, for that matter, replaces the Word of God, for it is God breathed and directed. It is powerful and soothing, and allows us to hear, to read and to begin to understand God’s love for us and what Jesus has done for us.

A song can help remind us of what God has breathed, spoken, directed, done.

It can be overwhelming.

There are moments, times, days, stages of life where we are overwhelmed by the negative, by the pressure, by fear and concern, by the moment.

May we stop for a moment and allow ourselves to be overwhelmed by the greatness, the omnipotence, the creativeness, the love, the everything of our Savior…

"I see the work of Your Hands

Galaxies spin in a Heavenly dance oh God

All that You are is so overwhelming

I hear the sound of Your Voice

All at once it’s a gentle and thundering noise oh God

All that You are is so overwhelming

I delight myself in You

Captivated by Your beauty

I’m overwhelmed, I’m overwhelmed by You

God, I run into Your arms

Unashamed because of mercy

I’m overwhelmed, I’m overwhelmed by You

I know the power of Your Cross

Forgiven and free forever You’ll be my God

All that You’ve done is so overwhelming

I delight myself in You

In the Glory of Your Presence

I’m overwhelmed, I’m overwhelmed by You

God, I run into Your arms

Unashamed because of mercy

I’m overwhelmed, I’m overwhelmed by You

You are Beautiful, You are Beautiful

Oh God, there is no one more Beautiful

You are Beautiful, God you are the most Beautiful

You are Wonderful, You are Wonderful

Oh God, there is no one more Wonderful

You are Wonderful, God You are the most Wonderful

You are Glorious, You are Glorious

Oh God, there is no one more Glorious

You are Glorious, God you are the most Glorious" - Overwhelmed written by Johnny Redmond and Big Daddy Weave

Keep the Faith… Carpe Diem