Everlasting

"A thousand times I've failed
Still your mercy remains
Should I stumble again
Still I'm caught in your grace
Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, your glory goes beyond all fame
Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself in bringing you praise
Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart, in my soul
I give you control
Consume me from the inside out
Let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out
Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart is to bring you praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out"

This Song by Hillsong is great! We sang it at church last Sunday and I wanted to think about it deeper. God is everlasting! When we don't have enough light God's light never goes out. Losing myself and giving into God and his will is freeing. The part I thought and meditated on the most was "consume me from the inside out." I want to be totally consumed first from the inside and than the outside. So many times we are "consumed" just on the outside, we put on a show or act as if we are consumed. To be consumed means abandoning a lifestyle that is not according to God, and turning your life completely over to your Lord and Savior. This is not an easy task! I have been in the process of this for my entire Christian life. But the more I grow closer to God the more easier it becomes ;) My hearts cry is to give him praise and glory, for all the the great things the Lord has done for me! I don't want to live my life from the outside in, and being more concerned with the external than the internal. I want my heart and mind and soul to be consumed, and living from the inside out. I may wear my heart on my sleeve, I may help too much, I may be the sweetest person you will ever meet. But that is what God made me and I will try to be all that he created me to be and more! ;)