Finally Free

If the Son has set us free, then we must be free indeed.
Let the chains fall away, starting today.
Everything has changed.
I'm finally free.

A Man After Your Own Heart

So many things have transpired over the last few months, even years. I've felt a distance come between myself and my first love. I remember saying a prayer once, asking God how could someone's love for Him grow cold. At the time I prayed this prayer, I was in the midst of a great revival with him; on fire, if you will, with a love for Him. I read where in the last days, that even the elect's love would grow cold and would walk away from Him. I couldn't imagine how this could even be possible, because I had tasted and seen the glories and riches of His goodness. But being naive, and God being gracious and merciful, He showed me exactly what that word meant by allowing me to walk it myself. It wasn't His choice that I pulled away from Him. It was mine alone. I did it little by little. But as my Pastor taught many, many times, just a one degree of separation eventually leads to an expanse distance. Even relationships with friends and family members suffer eventually if you don't spend time together after awhile. No, if the relationship is true and built on love, true love; it will stand the test of time. But, isn't that relationship worth time put into it? Yes, life is busy. Even God knows this fact. He gives us grace for that. In this new year, I am going to do my best to re-prioritize my life and make my relationships important again.  This song is my prayer. Once I had been hungry for Him, now not as much. 

O God, Father in heaven and earth, I call to You like deep calls to deep over water.
Show me Your endless measure of grace. Let tender mercies shine once again from Your holy face.

Deep in my soul there's a craving to please the One who has saved me.
O God, though I have fallen so far, You know that I'm still a man after Your own heart.

I am driven by rivers of pride. You are my rescue, the maker and keeper of my life.
Lead me by the still waters again. Use me in spite of the prodigal child that You know I am.

Just as a deer runs to water, so does my soul to You, Father.
O God, though I have fallen so far, You know that I'm still a man after Your own heart.

I'm still a man after Your own heart.