All My Heart
If I sing
Like an angel
But do not have love
Then I’m just making noiseIf I know
The whole Bible
But do not know You
Then where is the joyIt’s not enough
Just to serve You, Lord
I have worked but I haven’t adored
I want to love You Lord with all my heartIf my faith
Can move mountains
But if I am unmoved
Then nothing has changedIf I give
My life for You Lord
But have not love
Then where is my rewardIt’s not enough
Just to serve You, Lord
I have worked but I haven’t adored
I want to love You Lord with all my heart
These are lyrics to a song that my husband, Bobby and his friend Ty wrote not too long ago. (Please click here to go to Godsong Music to listen to the song!) Today Ty had the opportunity to sing this song for our Compass family and I was so encouraged by it.
This song is convicting because it’s so easy to go through life just doing what people do without having right motives. Even as Christians we can be trying to have love or faith, but if the Lord doesn’t have all of our heart, it doesn’t amount to anything. Most people probably think this is extreme or too intense, but 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 is pretty clear, that God wants us to love Him with all of our hearts and for everything we do to flow from that abundance.
The message of this song definitely came home as Bobby preached this weekend (Please click here to listen to this sermon) he referred to 1 Corinthians 15:58–
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
God isn’t pleased with half our hearts or half a job. He wants us to always give ourselves fully to Him. I think we kind of trick ourselves into thinking that God understands that we are so busy or that it would be just too hard to give our all to Him. But we can’t excuse away what God requires of us.
All week I was getting us organized from Revival Camp the week before. I think my laundry count is at 13 loads (I have an apartment sized washer and dryer). Today I realized that God even wants me to fold that laundry with my heart all His. I used to think I had to be reading my Bible, in prayer or in church to really be giving God what He wants, so things like laundry, being stuck in traffic, grocery shopping and errands definitely seemed like trivial me-focused times. But what He is really looking for is not the formal fulfilling of duties for Him, but rather a constant God-ward focus in all I do, even folding 13 loads of laundry.
My prayer is that you will go listen to this song, at least once, and have a heart check to ask yourself if God really has all of it all the time…
August 6th, 2007
Beautiful lyrics! I remember what an epiphany it was for me when I realized that God wanted EVERYTHING I did to be an offering of praise to Him–even dishes and laundry and those “menial” tasks. He is Lord of it all and He is honored when we do even the most mundane in His name and for His glory. Thanks for reminding me today. Your blog has become one of my favorite places to hang out!
August 6th, 2007
They are beautiful lyrics! God has totally blessed Bobby and Ty with the gift to write music! THey are great at it! This song totally makes me consider what my motives are when I’m doing stuff, and like you said, even the tiniest things need to be done with a Christ-centered focus. For some reason, when I was sitting in the first service yesterday(Sunday) when Ty was up there singing this, I was like, really emotional. Ive heard this song SOO many times, and this particular time I just felt like, ready to cry. I have no idea why, but it was a a neat feeling! ANyway, great blog Christa!!