Voice Of Truth – Casting Crowns
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I’m in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He’s holding out His hand
As 2017 is coming to a close and I am beginning to look toward the future and what 2018 will bring. As I plan and look at 2018 and my future, I realize that I am going to need the faith of Peter to take the steps to make my dreams come true. I need the faith he had to step out of the boat and know that Jesus had him. I need this faith when I step out to know that I will walk and not fall. “He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. ” Matthew 14:29.
But the waves are calling out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I’ve tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again. ‘Boy, you’ll never win!’
‘You’ll never win!’
Although, I have failed many times in my life and know that feeling sometimes the fear of failure and how it will affect your life is just too daunting to take the steps out of the boat. Yet, I know that God is with me and holding me as I make that leap onto the water. I Corinthians 10:13 makes this promise, “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” Temptation or failure. God will be there and not allow more than I can handle.
Chorus:
But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says, ‘Do not be afraid!’
The voice of truth says, ‘This is for My glory’
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
If I stop and listen, I hear God’s voice telling me to write a new and different story in my life. I hear him telling me to reach and grab a dream. As long as I have God first he will be glorified. I know that big changes bring great fear, but I know that God is near. I believe that God will glorify this decision that he can find a way for him to be glorified in any and all that I do. “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”, 1 Corinthians 10:31.
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes to stand before a giant
With just a sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they’d have had the strength to stand
But the giant’s calling out my name
And he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I’ve tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
Time and time again. ‘Boy you’ll never win!’
‘You’ll never win!’
As 2018 approaches, I hear the giant laughing, but I feel the strength of God telling me that I can take the next step in my life. I can be David before what seems like Goliath and conquer! “Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” 1 Samuel 17:45. I walk in the name of the Lord and he will be by my side, so I look to the future may God show me his path that I might glorify him.
But the stone was just the right size
To put the giant on the ground
And the waves they don’t seem so high
From on top of them lookin’ down
I will soar with the wings of eagles
When I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus
Singing over me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
I choose to listen and believe the voice of truth, the voice of my Father and his son Jesus Christ. I will not let my heart worry, but know that God is in control. “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. John 14:1. I will find my strength in the Lord on his wings. “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31.
Closing Verse: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
Challenge: Find Faith, and listen for the Voice of God.
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