The More I Seek You

I've found lately that the songs that move me to the heart of God aren't always necessarily sung in church. There have been times recently that the Holy Spirit speaks to me through Coldplay or JJ Heller or John Mayer. There are days when I'm driving through town and I feel His presence in the voice of James Taylor or Stevie Nicks. Nothing like cruising through town with a hand raised in praise as Gladys Knight blares out "Midnight Train".

What is a "worship" song anyways? Isn't it a heart cry.. a response to the greatness of our Maker and His creation? Whether thats people, places, things..?

Sure, Gladys isn't singing Hallelujah, but somethign about that song brings up raw, real emotions for me and reminds me to surrender all of me to the Lord. There is something about James Taylor that makes all of creation come alive to me. That's worship, right? I guess there are no rules that say "It is only a worship song if it is sung by Tomlin, Crowder, or Hillsong". Truth is, it's not as if someone said that James Taylor can't move me... if anything, I'm the very one who puts them in categories and limits those songs to the boxes i have designated them for.


However, there is one of those " real worship" songs (again, whatever that is..)that consistently ushers me to the Throne. It is written and sung by Kari Jobe, a worship leader for the Dallas-based Christ For the Nations. I heard it for the first time last summer in Swaziland. I remember running into the hut right after we got home that day... and frantically scribbling the lines that had struck me and gripped me so tight. They are honest words, and I experience such joy in knowing that people all over the world have intimate encounters with the Lord like Kari expressed in this song:

The More I seek You
The More I find you
the more I find you
The more I love you

I want to sit at you feet
drink from the cup in your hands
lay back against you and breath
feel your heartbeat
this love is so deep
it's more than I can stand
I melt in your peace
it's overwhelming

What a sweet meeting with our Jesus. Resting in Him. Drinking from His cup... delighting in the very things that please Him! Refilling- Refuling- being refreshed by the life-giving nourishment we only find in Him. Feeling His heartbeat.. the one that rejoices in each of our salvations.. the one that beats frantically for the prostitutes and their victims... the heart that beats wildly for the orphans and the diseased. To rest with The One whose love is so deep you can't even express it- physically or emotionally. The kind of love that leaves you parlayzed with awe and reverence. The peace that comes in knowing that sitting in His arms or resting in His will is your one safe place, your one refuge from all the chaos in life. The place that offers you hope and life amidst that messy divorce or cancer diagnosis.
It's overwhelming, all right. To me, overwhelming is an understatement. Is there a more weighty word than overwhelmed? If so, I'd use it.

I dont know about you, but this girl captured the very essence of time spent with the Father. Let us seek Him and find Him.. let us then love Him with a deeper, more raging love.



a amazingly talented friend of mine, jerel (you'll see his back), and i actually kinda recorded this song in our prayer chapel last fall. it's no kari jobe, but maybe you get the idea. if not, download it.. its WORTH it (Kari Jobe "The More I Seek You" - CFN'S Glorious CD)

do any of you have songs that move you to Him? "Real" worship? Random?