For Christmas, Nancy got me the latest Casting Crowns CD, “The Altar and the Door”. I’m not sure it’s as good, musically, as their previous two offerings, but the lyrics are top notch (as always).
“Somewhere in the Middle” is simply phenomenal, which makes it my Song of the Day. Click above to find a preview (it’s track 7).
Somewhere between the hot and the cold
Somewhere between the new and the old
Somewhere between who I am and who I used to be
Somewhere in the middle, You’ll find meSomewhere between the wrong and the right
Somewhere between the darkness and the light
Somewhere between who I was and who You’re making me
Somewhere in the middle, You’ll find meJust how close can I get, Lord, to my surrender without losing all control
Fearless warriors in a picket fence, reckless abandon wrapped in common sense
Deep water faith in the shallow end and we are caught in the middle
With eyes wide open to the differences, the God we want and the God who is
But will we trade our dreams for His or are we caught in the middle
Are we caught in the middleSomewhere between my heart and my hands
Somewhere between my faith and my plans
Somewhere between the safety of the boat and the crashing wavesSomewhere between a whisper and a roar
Somewhere between the altar and the door
Somewhere between contented peace and always wanting more
Somewhere in the middle You’ll find meJust how close can I get, Lord, to my surrender without losing all control
Lord, I feel You in this place and I know You’re by my side
Loving me even on these nights when I’m caught in the middle
This IS a great song…One of my favorites. How true it is, that we are stuck in this place in the middle. “Wanting” to do God’s will and surrendering ourselves to Him, but never “really” letting go of ourselves. Trying to fit God into the mold of our lives that “we” have already made for ourselves. Unfortunately, I think this is the norm in most of our lives, including mine, “in the middle somewhere”. I wonder if we can truly really ever surrender everything to him?
By the way, I have tickets for their concert in Feb. I’m pretty pumped!
Obviously, it’s one of my new favorites too… wouldn’t be the song of the day if not!
Lyrics play a huge role in my musical likes, and these really hit home with me. I want to be fearless in my faith. I want to follow God with reckless abandon. I want to be wholly committed to the one who rescued me. For some reason, though, I always find myself inching up to the precipice, ready to take that leap of faith to trust the direction of my life in the moment to Christ… but at the last moment, find myself pulling back control.
I wonder… what does the real surrendering of our lives to Christ look like? Is it actually possible? If so, why is it so hard to do? What does it say about our faith if we’re constantly withholding something from Jesus?
Tough questions, no doubt.