My Desire

Over the last few weeks I've been listening to Jeremy Camp's song, My Desire, and I can't seem to get enough of it. The more I listen to it, the more it pulls me in and truly expresses how I feel about .....well, my desire.

Most of you know me well enough to know that to the core of my being I continue to strive to serve God and do His will. I feel my tongue is not eloquent enough to express how I feel about this desire, my longing to fulfill His purpose and to continually live my life for Him. I'm sure I'll also edit this a few times over the next while to effectively communicate how this song emulates who I strive to be. Many of you could probably write a far better speech about this but I guess that is where my I feel I relate to singing and songs. The line that stands out for me the most is in the bridge where it says that 'There's not much I can do to repay all You've done, So I give my hands to use'. That's me. Right there. If there is anything that I can give then it would be my hands. In service and in praise.

Yes, I may struggle. Yes, I may doubt. Yes, I may question. But at the end of the day I know that He is with me and wants the best for me. He loves me enough to want to spend the rest of my eternity with Him. Despite all my faults and failures. Despite all of them. Praise God!

I know I don't have much to offer, Lord, but what I can offer is my hands, my heart, my life and hopefully be all that You have wanted me to become.

My Desire

by Jeremy Camp

You want to be real, you want to be empty inside

You want to be someone laying down your pride

You want to be someone someday

Then lay it all down before the king

You want to be whole, you want to have purpose inside

You want to have virtue and purify your mind

You want to be set free today

Then lay it all down before the King

This is my desire, this is my return

This is my desire to be used by You

You want to be real, you want to be emptied inside

And I know my heart is to feel You near

And I know my lifeIt's to do Your will

It's to do Your will

This is my desire, this is my return

This is my desire, to be used by You

This is my desire, this is my desire

To be used by You

All my life I have seen

Where You've taken me

Beyond all I have hoped

And there's more left unseen

There's not much I can do to repay all You've done

So I give my hands to use

This is my desire, this is my return

This is my desire, to be used by You

This is my desire, this is my desire

To be used by You