"If I see one more light that's fading, Hear about one more broken dream, Pray for just one more faith that's dying, It's one too many"
How many times have we each known someone to be at a conference, heard a compelling sermon/talk, or talked about "what if" circumstances only to let that enthusiasm fizzle out, let that dream slip through their fingers because of a few struggles in the planning process? Personally i see this happen too many times. But i feel that if we truly grasp what God is capable of and simply become vessels for Him to use there would be no other reaction than lights shining uncontrollably, dreams would come under His authority and flourish, and faiths would be sprouting insanely because of the lights shining so bright and the dreams becoming reality and doing what they were meant to do, bring glory to God.
"And if I see one more child walking, Just one more mile for water, If I wait one more minute longer, It's one too many"
The kind of series the church is doing on Sunday evenings is opening our eyes to the truth of God being a hands-on God and how His people (from the congregation) are being hands-on Christians; how they are being God's hands literally all over the world. Last week my friends Alisdair and Jane talked about an organization in Uganda that they helped with called New Beginnings, which was started by a man in a nearby town, actually. It is an orphanage where they not only come to do physical labor, but also to teach the children and show them love and care through songs, lessons, and activities. This week, there was a group that went to Spain to do physical labor and build relationships with the young people in the area as well as my friend Catrina who went to Uganda (separate from the previous group) to do work as a physio with children who are dealing with different ailments. This section of the song reminds me of the struggles and difficulties people have around the world. Because i have a westernized mindset i have to admit i can forget about "others" and focus on myself and only those with whom i'm in constant contact, but it becomes comfortable. This life isn't meant for us to get comfortable because we're only passing through. The way i see it, we should really make a dent in the world rather than brushing it off that those around the world are struggling and it's not my struggle as well. Let's get comfortable with being uncomfortable, touch the lives of those around you that are seen as "untouchables". What a place this world would be if we looked out for those who struggle to look out for themselves.
"When I think of what could be, If we let our hearts believe, That it takes just one, Just one could turn this all around"i'm not saying by any means that i am turning this world around, not on my own that's for sure, but with His Holy Spirit in me He definitely can do work. But i pray that God use me among other "ones" to turn this world around because when they turn, they'll come face to face with a God who loves them, has His arms open wide, waiting for His children to come running back to Him after falling astray. Being in Northern Ireland, people back home find it an odd place to do mission work, but the way i see it, where our feet tread, whether here or "home" there lies our mission field, our battlefield. The best part about this battle is that we know the outcome, we know we have the victory, but bringing others into that victory, that is my desire and my hope for my life and other Christ followers. These lyrics remind me to Dream Big because God's Bigger!
"And if we're living history, How will they think of you and me, If it takes just one, just one, What if, what if, what if I'm the one? It takes one, takes one, one, It takes one, takes one, one, It takes one, takes one"Take a self inventory on your life (as i have been doing recently). Thinking on my thoughts and actions, heart and how i've been conducting myself. What we do today will be in history. Maybe not in the history books, but it's going to be in the past, something of yester-years. The only thing here that i challenge you to do is expand on it and ask not only how people will think of you, but how, because of you, they will look at your Christ. Are you even doing anything for them to think about Christ and how, if at all, He should impact their lives? We may only have one life, we may only live for yet a brief moment in history, but many who impact the world die young, but it can be said by most for many like that that while they lived, they sure did live and they usually lived for more than themselves. This world would look completely different if we could look beyond ourselves and our own "needs". What if, for that person who serves you and knows your order by heart, you could be the one to introduce them to Healing, Hope, Love...God?
"If I hear one more widow crying, 'Cause there's no one by her side, And if I see one more family breaking, It's one too many"The heartbreak of these lyrics is all too true no matter where a person is in the world. Widows are left alone with the pieces of their lives shattered around them. Families are torn with no hopes of being restored. Has Christ not called us to be His hands and feet, helpers to those in need, a comforter to those with heartache. God's heart breaks along with us in our pain, so shouldn't our hearts break when those around us experience heartache and turmoil?
"If there's one thing that I'm sure of, If there's one thing that I know, You could be one in a sea of faces, Or you could be one more chance for hope"Ask yourself, are you one in a sea of faces or one more chance for hope? God can use you, never doubt that, but you've gotta be willing. God's got a game plan, but it's one thing to watch on the sidelines and cheer, it's completely different to be on the front lines. Are you on the bench or the front lines?
"I see a nation without any walls, A beautiful haven for one and for all, I see a day when people are free, When shackles are broken and fall to the street, A voice, a cry, call out from on high, The first one of many, go lay down your life."This is a beautiful depiction, let's make this a reality. Be the one. It can all start with you and end with many shining in His glory because you chose to see that which is greater as worth more than living for self.
"It takes one, takes one, one, (What if you're the one)...
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