I Lay Me Down

This past week we sang one of my favorite songs to close the worship service, “I Lay Me Down” by Christ Tomlin. (Check out the YouTube link here)

This song has been echoing through my heart and mind the last two weeks as I have been challenged by the lyrics.  They are simple but yet speak so much scriptural truth that is much easier to say then do.

The lyrics to the chorus are:

I lay me down I’m not my own

I belong to you alone Lay me down

Lay me down Hand on my heart

This much is true there’s no life apart from you

Lay me down Lay me down

The bridge says:

“It will be my joy to say Your will, Your way”

As I read these lyric I am reminded of the scripture from 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 where Paul writes:

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”

As the scripture says and the song reminds us, we are not our own, we have been purchased by God and now belong to Him. As I think about these words, the song and scripture, I am reminded of the need to live my life knowing that I am no longer to live for me in any way, I must be surrendered over to the will, desires, and direction of God for my life. I must live my life saying “Your will, Your way”. I can’t have it 50/50 or 60/40 or even 99/1. It has to be 100% I belong to God and therefore must honor God will all that I do.

It’s a simple yet powerful challenge. As we look at our lives, what we do each day, how much of it is for our God and represent His will, and how much of it is for me and my desires? It’s a tough question but I am reminded to be more focused on looking at my life each day and asking myself these questions and being willing to change what I do and what is being prioritized in my life for the sake honoring God with all I do knowing “I belong to You (God) along”. Declaring with our lives to God and the world around us: “Your Will! Your Way!