I Need You, LORD

God does not tempt any man.

As Christian, we do not dive into temptation. We fall.

I detest when I fall.

But today I was strangely grateful that I had fallen. I found myself on my knees before the Lord and all of my pride was stripped away because I had fallen. I saw all the wickedness of my heart. It produced an incredible gratitude for God’s saving grace.

My need for Him was clear to me. When I am strong I long to take a method of success and run ahead without my Lord.

I somehow think that I am above temptation, or at least, the obvious ones.

Then I fail and my soul despairs. I feel unworthy to lift my voice to request forgiveness. I cannot continue one day - one hour - one minute without abiding in Christ.

The Christian life was designed to be lived in a prayerful state of being – always in communion with Him. Always recognizing my need of Him. “These things I have spoken to you that you should not be made to stumble.” John 16:1 The entire chapter of John 15 explains what it means to abide in Christ.

I stumbled across this song on a friend’s blog today. I was amazed at how it represented exactly the prayer and thoughts of my heart.

My heart is restless in me
My wings are all worn out
I'm walking in the wilderness
And I cannot get out
I need You, Oh, I need You
Blessed Savior come
I need You, Oh, I need You
Fill the every longing of my soul

CHORUS
Oh, how I need You, Lord
I need Your perfect Word
With tearful eyes to see
The sin that I afford
I need to weep and pray
For all the thousand ways
That I have failed You just today

My bed is soaked with sadness
My sadness has no end
A downward spiral of despair
That I keep falling in
I need You, Oh, I need You
To You my soul shall fly
I need You, Oh, I need You
Yaweh, how I love You more than life

Your silence is like death to me
So won't You hear my desperate plea

Today my soul is soaring
Way over mountains high
Though I can see the valleys
They're all just passing by
It's not that I am stronger
Look at my feeble wings
But I've been lifted higher
Yaweh's lifted me in His own strength

Oh, how I love You, Lord
I love Your perfect Word
With tearful eyes to see
The God who always will endure
Now I will celebrate
For all the thousand ways
That You have shown me grace
And made my heart in grace to stay
You've made my heart in grace to stay
Lord, make my heart in grace to stay

I need You, Oh, I need You

I Need You - The Swift