A Song for Sunday: I Am Not Alone

Water. It's beautiful, majestic, and terrifying all at the same time.

Lakes. 

            Pools. 

                          Streams. 

                                Rivers.

                                      Oceans.

                                                     Rain. 

The forms of water can bring such beauty, but they can also wreak havoc on the land. God uses the imagery of water so much in the Bible and it's a beautiful picture. But the process can be extremely hard. I am going to be focusing for the month of March each Sunday on a different song that speaks of water when it comes to the Christian life. Some of them will be hymns and some will be more contemporary songs. The whole song could be focused on water and the washing of sins, or it may just refer to water in one line. 

 There is a new song by Kari Jobe that has been playing on K-Love quite a bit lately and it only mentions water in the first line. And yet that first line of the song speaks so much to my spirit. "When I walk through deep waters, I know that You will be with me" starts out the song "I am not Alone". And I am reminded of how God calls us many times in our Christian walk to walk through some very deep waters. And it can be extremely scary. God called Peter to come walk to Him on the waves and when Peter took his eyes off of Jesus, his steps faltered and he began to sink. Lately I feel as if the Lord is calling me to wade out into the deepest waters I have ever experienced in my life and it's a bit frightening at times. I want to argue with Him and say "No Lord, I can't walk through those deep waters. I will surely sink. It's too hard."  And yet He lovingly whispers to my soul "It may seem too hard to you, but nothing is too hard for Me. Just keep your eyes on Me; you'll be alright. We will get through this." And the beautiful part of the whole process is that it's not me saying "I can do this" or "I can get through this", but that "We can get through this together". Because on my own, I can't do this. I am not strong enough. I fail in my own strength all the time. But with God (aren't those three words just so beautiful?!), I know I can get through it because He will be with me every step of the way and I am surely not alone.