So I don't know who all reads my blog, but I want to thank everyone for giving me their favorite Newsboys songs. I will use some of the suggestions. In fact, the first one will be a suggested song (by music man Bryce Lathrop, thanks dude (if u read this)).
Entertaning Angels. I LOVE this song. Such meaningful words and Phil Joel sings it with such passion. One has to wonder, excatly, what is the message. Now this is my interpretation, you are free to come up with your own, and let me know what you think (again, I LOVE feedback).
Let's look at the verses first. Basically, the singer of the song is in a bad spot. He talks about how everything he is going through is "temporary." and is admitting "I feel so small/ Are you listening?" He knows he needs God's presence in his life. He has ran so far so quickly and everything he is doing is so empty.
You see that is what happens when we are seperated from God. When we are down in the dumps and we know we need God, we feel so small. Have you ever felt like that? Small? Finally, the singer knows that he needs God, and he askes "Will you take me back again?" He says (in the second verse) "I'll hold my breath/and wait for you to breathe." Basically he is saying that he will give up his life, he will stop trying to do what he thinks is right and will listen to God's will and let God be the one that guides him. We need that, God knows our lives, he knows what we don't, his wisdom passes our understanding. When we are lost, if we give up our life to him, he will help us and bring us out so we can breathe again.
The chorus is the most powerful part in my opinion.
"Entertaining angels/By the light of my T.V. screen/ 24-7 you wait for me/Entertaining angels/By the time I fall to my knees/Host of heaven, sing over me"
Its amazing to think about. God loves us, 24/7. He workes in our life and leads us to him, and he waits for us to finally accept him. No matter how far we run, or how messed up our life get, he waits for us to call on him. Finally, when we get to that point, and fall to our knees, the angels rejoice because someone has accepted God's power in their life and they have been saved. "Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents." (Luke 15:10). When we repent, it entertains the angels, because of the joy it brings them, and our creator God.
God wants us to come home to him, he wants us to follow him. We need to follow him. A lot fo the times we trust in temporary things that fall away and let us down. However, there is one that always waits for us, that is always willing to bring us peace.
So I invite you, as you read this, if there is anything in your life that is sepreating you from God, if you feel helpless and small, if it feels like something in your life is missing and you are relying on temporary thing, to repent, and get rid of your desires, and run to God. He is waiting for you, and once you repent, the celebration in heaven will begin.
Sounds great! I got to the end and was all like thats the end? I wanted to keep going. We have been studying Ecclesiastes and how everything without God is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. I don't know how you could tie that in but as I read, that is what jumped out at me.
ReplyDeleteWoo you picked mine! (Bryce the music man that is)
ReplyDeleteIt's one of those "do you ever get the feeling someone is... watching you?" situations. haha. Except in a good way... it's wonderful to know that we're not alone, even though we may feel like it sometimes. Everything we do, he and his angels are watching over us. As we run away and become all foolish, he waits. Because he knows we'll end up lost without him, foolishly thinking we know what we're doing. Then when we realize it, we turn around... and there he is. We dont' have to run back to him, but just turn around, because he's chased after us.