come, follow me!

Lately, the band Sidewalk Prophets has really been speaking to me! I actually have another blog post ready that was inspired by one of their songs. I am waiting a few more days to post it though because I am speaking this Sunday and it would be somewhat of a spoiler for what I will be talking about! I know a few people who might read this, might be there Sunday and don't want to ruin it for them :) So you will just have to wait!

Until then, here is a song I will share with you:

You Can Have Me

If I saw You on the street
And You said come and follow me
But I had to give up everything
All I once held dear and all of my dreams

Would I love You enough to let go
Or would my love run dry
When You asked for my life

When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me

If You’re all You claim to be
Then I’m not losing anything
So I will crawl upon my knees
Just to know the joy of suffering

I will love You enough to let go
Lord, I give you my life
I give you my life

When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me

I want to be where You are
I’m running into Your arms
And I will never look back
So Jesus, here is my heart

When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me

When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
My Father, my love
You can have me

The first verse of the song says it all. If I saw Jesus tomorrow and He said, "Come follow me?", would I follow Him? Would I go right then and there, drop all of my belongings, all my plans, all my dreams, and follow Him? Or would I stop and ask Him questions...Where? Who? What? When? Where? How?

Matthew 4:19 says, "'Come follow me,' Jesus said, 'and I will make you fishers of men.' At once they left their nets and followed him."

Notice they didn't question Jesus. They didn't ask where He was leading them, what they were going to be doing. Instead they stopped what they were doing and followed him...no questions asked. Would you be able to do that?

Just something to think about!

Lord, I pray that your love would consume me and move in me! That I would be willing and glad to drop everything for you at any given minute. I know it would be well worth it! I know and trust that your plans, your dreams for me, are bigger than any plans I could make for my life and any dreams I could think up on my own! Let your will be done in my life...no matter what that looks like. Amen!