Day 10

Welcome Back!

I am currently on a journey to listen to Christian Music only for 30 days, and I would love to hear that someone else might be doing it too! If you are considering it, and want to know why someone might want to take this journey, then go back and read my first blog on Day 1. If you are wondering if this blog has had any impact on my life yet, then I suggest you go read any of the other blogs that I have written. Now, let’s get into the blog for today.

I would like to start this blog by addressing something first. If you have been following this blog regularly, then A: Thank you, it means a lot to mean that someone might want to take this journey with me, and B: You would know that I have not posted in a couple days. I did not stop posting because I was giving up the challenge or anything. I stopped posting because things have gotten busy in my life, and more so than that, things have happened lately that have made it hard for me to want to write anything. And because I didn’t feel like I had my A game, I didn’t want to write anything bad and put my name on it. But we are back now, and I am going to try and write two posts tonight. Whether or not that happens will depend on how quickly I can get my grading done for the night. Anyways, thank you for your patience, and I would like to talk about a beautiful little song that came up on my playlist this morning that I feel might give you some inspiration.

The song that I am talking about is called “Use Me Too” by Jonny Diaz. I absolutely adore this song, and it is one of those songs that I loved the second that I first heard it. The song opens with an angelic chorus singing a melody, and a beautiful melody of instruments that I can’t quite name (I know that might seem shocking since I am basically doing a song review here, but I am still just a gym teacher. I don’t know all those fancy instruments!). After the musical intro, Jonny starts the song by actually singing of one of the most famous stories found in the Bible, the story of David. If you have never read this story in the Bible, I highly recommend that you go read it right now. It is an amazing story, and is one that we can gain a lot of insight into the working of God. David’s story can be found in 1 Samuel 17, and then continued through the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel. Getting back to the song, the first lyrics are “A little boy faced a giant man, with a few rocks and a sling in hand, he wasn’t ready, but he was willing.” I think that is amazing, because there will hardly ever be a time in your life that you are going to be “ready” to face a giant. I am currently reading a book called Goliath Must Fall and it talks about how we can work to fight our Giants in the same way that David did. The next lines of the song are “He said a prayer, looked to the sky, wound it up and he let it fly, no one could believe, Goliath falling” I think those lines are very telling about the scene that has been painted, and if you want to read more about this, go to the chapters listed above. This verse leads perfectly into the main chorus, which can be used as a battle cry of sorts!

When Jonny gets to the main chorus, you can tell that this is going to be an inspiring song, and if you are anything like me, then you are all for it. The lyrics of the main chorus go like this, “The small, the weak, stand ready, willing, with open hands, that’s who you seek, to bring to life all your biggest plans! All that I have, is more than enough for youuuuu… so use me, use me too!” This should be the anthem of every single person on this earth’s life! We should all understand that it doesn’t take you being a hero for God to use you. You can have an impact just as you are! God makes this point abundantly clear throughout the whole Bible, but the most famous story is probably that of David! If you ever feel like you are not good enough to do anything of importance, or if you ever feel like God could never use you, then just read the Bible and see the truth! That God can, and prefers to, use the weak to humble the strong and bring about the biggest change in the world. No matter what you have going on, God loves you, and he wants to use you too! That is the whole point of this song.

The second verse continues to build off of the theme of the song, this time talking about the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus. I suggest you listen to the song to hear about that story, but if you want to learn more about it, I suggest that you read Luke 1-2. The last thing that I want to talk about in this song is the declaration that is the bridge. The lyrics are “I will go where you lead, I will not be afraid. You are all that I need, you have called me by name!” I ask that you let those words be your daily battle cry. If you can wake up each day, believing and living those words, then I can only imagine the kind of impact that God will be able to have through you. I hope that you gained something from this blog, and I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your day. I am going to try and get another blog up tonight, but we will just have to see how quickly I can get my grading done. Thank you, and may God use you too!