Lord, don’t let me become satisfied
With what I think I’ve become for You,
But help me, Lord, in becoming.
Lord, You know I can’t match
What You become for me day by day.
Please help me, Lord, in becoming.
Lord, don’t let me become satisfied
With what I think I have done for You,
But help me, Lord, in doing for You. Lord.
You know I can’t match
What You do for me day by day.
Please help me, Lord, in doing for You.
Lord, don’t let me become satisfied
With how I’ve tried to love You,
But help me, Lord, in loving You.
Lord, You know I can’t match
How You love me day by day.
Please help me, Lord, in loving You.
About this Song:
Are you ever tempted to feel satisfied with your service to God?
I hate to admit it, but I am–every once in a while. I think about my church activities: singing in the choir, playing bass on the praise team, and participating each week in the nursing home ministry. I’ve also been using my photographic skills at special church events, too. Those are all good, wholesome, need-to-be-done activities that–frankly–take some time and energy I don’t always have a lot of to spare.
On top of that, I write Christian songs and Christian fiction. I bear a much clearer witness to God through my writing than through my meager efforts at sharing His Good News verbally, so I feel that my writing is important for Kingdom purposes.
Surely God is pleased with what I’ve become, what I’m doing for Him, and how I’m trying to show Him my love. Thinking that way is definitely a periodic temptation.
That’s when I imagine God laughing gently and asking how many brownie points I think my activities are worth. And what good I think they’ll do, anyhow. He reminds me that He doesn’t operate on a system like that.
Our relationship is based on the fact that “He is God, and I am not.” He made me in His image, but we are NOT equals. And His “good and perfect gifts” are nothing I could ever afford. He is the Creator of all that is, and I’m one of His creations. He paid a price I can’t even conceive of to make me His child through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.
And what parent doesn’t provide good things for his children? God’s gifts are truly the BEST. Better than anything a human parent can give his children.
So, forget thinking I can pay God back for His goodness. I can’t.
I can thank Him, though. By doing my best to obey Him. By trying to please Him. By trying to become the person He wants me to be, by trying to do the things he wants, and by loving Him in every way I can.
Becoming is a gradual process, however, and the wonderful thing is, God knows how incapable I am of becoming anything worthwhile on my own. I have to depend on Him totally.
Yet no matter how often or how severely I fail, He not only forgives me, He also picks me up, dusts me off, and sets me on the right path again. He knows how much–in my heart of hearts–I want to please Him. No matter how often I mess up and need His forgiveness.
What greater desire can a Christian have than to grow closer to God and to become more Christlike in every possible way? Even though it’s a process that takes an entire lifetime to accomplish.
Free lead sheets (lyrics, tune, and chords) are available for many of my songs. Click on the Lead Sheets tab at the top of this page to see whether one is available for this song. Videos for many of my songs, some recorded at home and some at our church’s nursing home ministry, can be accessed at my website, RogerBruner.com, under the Listen tab.
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Best regards,
Roger
Links you might be interested in:
- Roger’s other blog, On Aging Gracelessly
- Roger’s website, RogerBruner.com
- Roger’s free Christian lead sheets
- Roger’s books on Amazon
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