There are some very talented singer/songwriters out there today and although the argument with contemporary Chirstian worship music has been too much repetition and simplicity. However, there is truth from the Word in today’s worship music! Who knows if the repetition is to drive a point home or heavenward?
I have a lot of admiration for Christian artist Chris Tomlin. To me it seems that every project he comes out with whether it is he and others on the Passion CD projects or singular projects, they are excellent songs of worship that go straight to the heart.
On Chris’s project “If Our God is For Us”, he has a song that spoke volumes to my heart and commitment to the Jesus I serve, “I Will Follow”. This drummed up some great thoughts as I pondered the lyrics. As I was reading in My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers for March 9, there it was again that theme but presented as a question from Jesus Himself:
“So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” (John 6:67)
The picture here is Jesus teaching on eternal life and interestingly enough, many of the disciples turned and walked away from following Jesus at this point.
Jesus talks about getting our daily spiritual nourishment from Him alone through the body and the blood. This did not sit well with the Jews and they couldn’t quite wrap their brains around the truth He was presenting. So too, some of the disciples were troubled by His presentation.
The Body and the Blood thing is almost too simple, Christ questions His disciples saying, “Do you take offense at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Oswald Chambers insinuates that many are working for Jesus Christ, diligently pouring their lives out to “do” good works in Jesus’ name, but he states, all that is really required is oneness with the Him. Only after we have abandoned our agenda, determined we will follow Christ and seek to be a daily partaker of His divine presence, we are truly His disciples.
I Will Follow
Chris Tomlin’s song “I Will Follow” reiterates Jesus words in these lines:
- Where you go, I’ll go
- Where you stay, I’ll stay
- When you move, I’ll move
- I will follow you
- Who you love, I’ll love
- How you serve I’ll serve
- If this life I lose, I will follow you…I will follow you
The road with Jesus, it’s not an easy road. However, I refer to it as tracking with the Lord and that tracking or being in His will is the place where you find peace in the midst of the storms, satisfaction instead of exhaustion as you serve with Him and the eternal perspective as others see Christ in you the hope of glory! Pretty exciting stuff isn’t it?
Where Do You Stand with Jesus?
Jesus, I will follow you and when I head down a rabbit trail that is not my destiny I will rely on the Holy Spirit to nudge me or jolt me back to Your side. May I be so grateful and satisfied as I am tracking with You!
