I've Got Something to Say

Has your soul ever felt raw? When I read the pleas of the Psalms, it’s an easy leap to feel the wounds of the soul:

Psalm 22:2-“O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.”

Psalm 42:3- “My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, ‘Where is your God?"

Psalm 88:3- “For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave.”

I spend my life thinking about Jesus. Pondering, praying, preaching. It’s truly an amazing way to spend a life. But I, too, cry out. I often come to the end of a long day and find no rest. My soul aches with more pains than most would imagine. I passionately know and believe that the Lord hears my cries, but I often wonder what in the world He’s doing about it. I’ve come to expect that this will be a lifelong struggle (“Lord, I believe. Help me in my unbelief”)… which makes me all the more anxious to lay down my cross when Jesus comes to show me around heaven.

Last week, I downloaded a new musical offering by the group Starfield called “The Saving One”. Worshipful, energetic, spirit-filled. However, I nearly dropped to my knees when I listened to the track “Something to Say”. It’s a painful song. Uncomfortable. Raw. Familiar. All too familiar.

It’s a deep and honest revealing of the soul’s ache, and a simple hope of faith. I share it with you in the days leading up to Good Friday, with the promise of Easter.

If you’d like to listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9nARZ7xIMc&NR=1

If you’d like to read along: