Overwhelmed

“Now, I don’t know about you, but I want to really worship God and be transformed by Him and live out His will for my life. But all of this starts by first getting overwhelmed by the mercy of God, seeing the sacrifice of Jesus for you, and then in light of His love, surrendering your life to Him.” 
– Pastor Tony Walliser
 
“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, took me to the foot of the cross, guided me 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” performed by my friends 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, God’s mercy and grace, what Jesus has done and what His will is for us.
 
A song can help remind us of what God has breathed, spoken, directed, done. 
 
It all can be overwhelming.
 
There are moments, times, days, stages of life where we are overwhelmed by the negative, by life and work 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 Jesus Christ…
 
Be overwhelmed.
 
Overwhelmed written by Johnny Redmond and Big Daddy Weave
"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"

Keep the Faith… Carpe Diem