Lord, I just want to see like you see
“If they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” - Luke 19:20
You made me new Lord, you made me new…
Because today I feel so so so brand new
I was once a lost soul…walking aimlessly through life…trying to
please and prove my way through life
I resisted you and your heavenly name
I said I was spiritual and loved God but once mocked
the name of Jesus. For a variety of reasons I realized I was
terrified to say that name out loud.
Only you Lord could take me once a man who mocked
and was afraid to say your name and turned me into a man
will never keep quiet about you. I will never let the stones
cry out for me Lord. All I want to do is talk about you Lord.
How you made my heart clean
how you wiped my past clean
how you cured all shame, bitterness, guilt and pain
you shifted my entire life from an internal conversation
of what is wrong with me?
to the new one now of what is right with me?
to one of what has God gifted me
and how I live so much more fully
since Christ lives in me
You took the anxiety and a life full of looking for a defect
and said son, I made you whole through Jesus’ blood
nail the lies of your mind and the enemy to the cross
and come follow me…come live for me…come live with peace
and a new strength…I will place in you a joy that will be
overfloweth in thee…
So Lord, I will never keep quiet about you
it feels like each new day is a miracle
where I will cry out so loud the stones might
actually want to join in worship
as it says, in Psalms 17:15 “I shall behold your face in
righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your
likeness.”
Lord, I don’t need anything else but your presence…no fancy
things, no new stuff or accolades…
because now I live to praise…
you and only you
as you cured me from an endless longing
to hear human words of praise
because now I live to just serve you and have you
guide my words and my ways
so when kind words do come
I respond in praise
to you…Praise God, Praise the Lord…how great is our God
he makes our paths straight and is the compass for our ways
Like Luke once explained in 17:10 “We are unworthy servants;
we have only done our duty.”
As “those who exalt themselves are humbled and those who
humble themselves are exalted.” (Luke 14:11)
I just want to be humble in heart like you Lord Jesus
and see like you do…to never be blind to the needs of
my brothers and sisters…like yesterday when I read in Luke
Chapter 18:22 about you walking with the disciples when
a blind man shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.”
As people tried to quiet him he shouted louder,
“Son of David, have mercy on me.”
and you ordered the man brought to you and said, “what do
you want me to do for you?”
He replied “Lord, I want to see." Then you said, “Receive
your sight, your faith has healed you.”
Lord Jesus, this just touches my heart because without
knowing it…I too once was a blind man. Spiritually blind…
I was crying out for years…I placed my sense of security in the
accolades and words of the culture…when all along what I
needed was the security of you Lord God, our Heavenly Father.
So you ran to me, once this lost soul, and when I said I repent
and will you too have mercy on me and you also asked me
what could I do for you? And I said I too want to see like you
see. And in one moment my years of blindness became
sight…a new vision to seek your kingdom…with all my heart,
all my my mind and all my soul…To live for a higher purpose…
your purpose and not mine.
Oh Lord thank you for the new eyes, the new heart and
the new life. I promise to never be quiet.
The stones will not do the work for me…
These lips will shout your name and
through your grace, mercy and strength, my new
life will be a walking testimony to the power of
your heavenly name.
