I won't take up a ton of space by posting the lyrics to this song, but I do want to delve into some of lyrics and back them up with verses from the bible. I heard this song for the first time last fall and I instantly loved it. However, I have going through a big worship music kick for the past few weeks, and this song keeps sticking out to me. So I figured I would write about it. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to share and breakdown the song by Addison Road, "What Do I Know of Holy."
I want to start the deep dive with the second line "I tried to hear from heaven, but I talked the whole time." Right away, I am drawn in because this is such a neat image. Obviously, not being able to hear from Heaven because we are "talking" the whole time is not a good image, but it's a perfect way to describe our actions. We are quick to pin our lack of hearing on God, claiming that He isn't answering our prayers, or even going as far as saying that He isn't listening. But how often do we take a step back and realize that the problem is with us. That we are talking so much that we block out what God is trying to say to us. Let's see what the Bible has to say about this.
A few blogs ago, I talked about James 1:21, and I think it's interesting because the first verse that I want to turn to is James 1:19. It reads:
"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry."
God calls us to listen first and then speak. Yet we so often do it the other way around. I also wanted to cite 1st Kings 19:11-13 which reads:
"The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave."
As we see here, so many times we expect God to meet us or speak to us in the same level of sound that we are making as we seek him. Yet as Elijah found out, God does not choose to speak in the power of a storm, but in the quiet of a whisper. Let's make sure that we are not talking the whole time as we try to hear from Heaven.
The second part of this song that really gets me are the next two lines: "I think I made you too small. I never feared you at all." How often do we confine God to our circumstances? When are we going to realize that our God is not a God of our circumstances. He is the maker of the galaxies, the Alpha and the Omega, the great I AM. Yet we can only see Him as this small God, trapped within the boundaries of what is going on in our lives. When we do this, we are showing that we really don't fear God at all. This is kind of a silly analogy, but how many of us would put a wild tiger in our cars? I'd like to think probably nobody. The reason we won't is because we know how dangerous tigers can be, especially in a small trapped place like your car. And obviously, our fear for tigers should not be the same as our fear of God, but do we realize that the phrase "Fear God" is used 10 times throughout scripture. The phrase "fear the Lord," is used 30 separate times. Obviously, God was trying to get something across here. Deuteronomy 6:24 shows a perfect example of what it means to fear the Lord, and why we should.
"The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today"
So one way that we can fear the Lord is to give Him our obedience in everything that we do. Why must we fear the Lord? So that we might always prosper and be kept alive. Think about that! A fear of the Lord is what keeps us alive. Have we ever even considered that or are we so wrapped up in our own lives that we forget to fear the Lord?
The next part of the song that I want to talk about are the lines, "I knew all the stories, and I learned to talk about how you were mighty to save, but those were only empty words on a page." This hits right at home for me and I am interested to see how you all react to it. There are some of us who spend time in the word, know all the right things to say, but we don't really mean it. We don't live our lives in a manner that reflects our dedication to Jesus Christ. We read and we know that God is Mighty to Save, but we don't apply that to our lives. It's like the comforts of this world entice us and blind us from the need for a Savior in our lives. Take these verses into consideration:
"The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17
"I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you."
that I might not sin against you."
Psalm 119:11
The first verse again emphasizes God's power and His might, but the second verse is where we tend to stray. We read verse after verse about God's grace, love, and power, but we so easily forget to hide His word in our hearts. That is the key. We must not only read, but read and do. Read and live our lives bases on God's commands.
The final part of the song that I want to talk about are the lines: "Then I caught a glimpse of who you might be. The slightest hint of you, brought me down to my knees." I think that this is such an amazing image. It is soooo powerful and soo true. God is magnificent. He is all knowing, perfect, just, loving, glorious, and worthy of all of our praise. He is. He is so holy. So holy that only the slightest hint of Him is enough to drive us to our knees. How do we at times go day after day without even considering the Holiness of God? This lyric brings images into my head of the second coming of Christ and of the verse Romans 14:11
It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
That is all that I have for today! I hope that you guys listened to the song before you read this blog or else most of it probably didn't make any sense. But, I pray that everyone can get something out of these words and that God will use this blog to His awe-inspiring glory. Have a great saturday!
Buried and Risen with Christ,
Signing off,
JD
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