Turn Down The Music

Tonight Andy and I went to a Shane & Shane concert here at Geneva. It was FAN-TASTIC. I haven't really listened to all that much of their stuff. But man they are talented! They played with Phil Wickham (I bought his CD - awesome!) and Shane's wife, Bethany Dillon. You could totally feel the presence of God there. I'm wishing now that I would have also bought one of their CDs...

Anyways they played this AWESOME song called Turn Down The Music off their newest CD Everything is Different. These are the lyrics...pretty stinkin powerful and convicting:

If you were hungry

would we give you food

If you were thirsty

would we give you drink

If you were a stranger

would we let you in

What would be the song we'd sing to you

when they're in need

Would it be an empty allelujah to the King?

Turn down the music

Turn down the noise

Turn up your voice oh God

And let us hear the sound of people broken

Willing to love

Give us your heart oh God

A new song rising up

If you were naked

would we give you clothes

If you were an orphan

would we give you our home

If you were in prison

would we visit you

What would be the song we'd sing to you

when they're in need

Would it be an empty allelujah to the King?

Turn down the music

Turn down the noise

Turn up your voice oh God

And let us hear the sound of people broken

Willing to love

Give us your heart oh God

A new song rising up

Let it be our worship

Let it be our worship

Let it be our true religion

In this world but not of it

Holding on to our confessions

Let it be our worship

Let it be our true religion

In this world but not of it

Holding on to our confessions

Turn down the music

Turn down the noise

Turn up your voice oh God

And let us hear the sound of people broken

Willing to love

Give us your heart oh God

A new song rising up

A new song rising up

A new song rising up

you can actually listen to it here

...the song really had me asking if I truly am doing everything I can to serve Jesus. It beckons me to pray daily for my eyes to be more open to see the needs, to see where I could do something right here, right now - and I am doing nothing! It clearly states in Matthew 25 that whatever we do for the least of these, we do for Jesus...and whatever we do not do for the least of these, we do not do for Jesus...I don't know about you, but I want to be serving others for Jesus. This song is a good reminder.