Music speaks to me.
I love bands that have incredible lyrics.
Lyrics that work and weave their way into my heart, challenging me into a deeper relationship with Jesus.
Downhere is one of those bands. Recently, one of their songs struck a cord in my heart.
The song is called “Let Me Rediscover You“.
I was driving in my van, on my way home from Columbus, and this song came on. The lyrics burst through my thought process and caused tears to well up in my eyes.
“The whole universe is witness
To only a part of what you’ve done
So let me rediscover you
And breathe in me your life anew
Tell me of the God I never knew
Oh, let me rediscover you”
Wow… I needed to hear that challenge: the necessary challenge of discovering more of God. I needed to hear that as a mom, a
wife, a homeschooler, a pastor’s wife, a teacher, a woman… I needed to be challenged anew in every area of my life.
It is so easy, especially as a homeschooling mom, to get relaxed in what I know, what I believe, and what I teach. I get comfortable in my home and with the many hats I wear during daily life. Unfortunately, I also get comfortable with my pattern of Bible study, worship practices and prayer life.
It is interesting how when I feel passive, even unintentionally, in my relationship with God it effects every other area of my life.
A spiritual state of stagnancy can breed insecurity, discouragement, strife and doubt.
Of course, I always want to learn, grow and move forward. I never intend to sit in a stagnant place… but I have to ask myself these questions. Am I making sure that I take the time, invest the time in myself to really grow? Am I putting in the energy I should in order to build a deeper walk with God? Am I digging into the Word, praying for God to reveal Himself to me in new ways? Am I willing to sit in His presence long enough to not just do what I always do or feel what I always feel, but to come away with something fresh?
Do I long to discover new things about the God I serve?
In one interview about this song, Downhere said, “This is a prayer to shine through all of that corruption that sin has
brought and to experience God’s true character. To discover Him again for the first time.”
I prayed that as I listened to this song in my van. I want to discover Him. I want to see Him in new ways and experience all that He is and can be to me. I want to be newly effected by God in every area of my life.
The next part of the song says:
“You see my weakness, my pride, my blindness
You wield your power through them all
Of all the mysteries, still, the greatest to me
Is that you’re faithful when I fall
How can I say I know you
When what I know is still so small?
Let me rediscover you and breathe in me your life anew
Tell me of the God I never knew
Oh, let me rediscover you”
I think my tears fell faster when I heard this part of the song. The fact that God uses my weakness, my pride, my blindness to who He is in
my life is so powerful. It is miraculous that He uses those things and He is faithful even when I fall.
Our lives can easily take over. Sin can crowd in. Busyness can push us into complacency. Things can happen to keep us from digging deeper.
I want to encourage you, as a woman and a homeschooling mom, to examine your place with God. Are you feeling complacent or passive or stagnant? Are you experiencing insecurity, discouragement, strife or doubt?
If you are, remember, that God wants us to discover Him and He longs to reveal Himself to us in fresh, new ways! He will use the stuff, the busyness, the weaknesses to grow us into the women He has called us to be.
Let this song speak to you today and allow it to be your prayer, asking God to let you rediscover who He is to you. Let it push you forward in your personal relationship with God.
The last part of the song says:
“let me rediscover you
and by your grace I’ll follow through
reveal to me the God I thought I knew”
By His grace, we will follow through to seek a deeper relationship with God. By His grace, we will discover more of God in our lives and we will allow it to impact us. We will allow it to bless our families, our homes, our marriages and our hearts.
Let us rediscover Him today.
“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” Deuteronomy 29:29
Thank you! What a great discription, “stagnancy”. How very scary, yet so often the case. We settle in and get comfortable, and before you know it, we aren’t really growing. We are complacent. Content to be doing the same thing as we always have, and not stretching for more. Thank you for the reminder, and the wake up call! Guard our hearts, dear Lord, so we may know you more intimately!
yes, guard our hearts… such a precious prayer
Great post. And this is truth: “By His grace, we will follow through to seek a deeper relationship with God.” It’s by His grace that we even have this relationship with Him, add to that the ability to grow deeper in it. Thank you for this encouragement.
it is by His grace! He not only asks us to know Him more, He provides a way for us to know Him! He gives us the ability to grow in Him. so thankful
Perfect post for me today! I have taken a step back in my quiet time/spiritual routine to explore God in different ways and learn more about the way He made me. I do need to rediscover Him…what a beautiful way of putting it. And next time you’re in Columbus, look me up!! 😉
I love how when we seek Him in new ways He shows up! Just like John 5 jumped out in new ways to you… so amazing 🙂