A Song for Sunday: "Be One"

I am blessed. I have a great family, a house, food in my belly, clothes on my back, great friends, and so much more. There are so many songs out there about how God helps us and blesses us. But you know what? I wasn't blessed so I could just sit here and do nothing about it. I was blessed so I, in turn, could be a blessing to others. It's time for us to stop focusing on ourselves so much and start looking at this dark world that needs us. We were all made for a purpose. We were made to glorify God in our thoughts, actions, and words. The best way we can glorify God is by showing love to the unlovable, helping the helpless, speaking truth to the unreachable, and sharing hope with the hopeless.

And so I turn to a new song by Natalie Grant playing on the radio. The song "Be One" talks about showing love to a lost and hurting world.It's about getting up and being that miracle for someone else, instead of just praying for one. Nothing is wrong with praying, but sometimes God calls us to get up and take action. We need to start moving, sharing hope, touching lives, and bring healing to broken hearts.

The lyrics for "Be One" are as follows:

We don't feel ready, we don't feel steady

Question what we really have to give

Stay where it's safer, claim faith but waiver

Is this how we're really meant to live?

We pray but never move

We say but never do

It's time to get our hands dirty

oh oh, oh oh

Be love - there's a whole lot of hurting

oh oh, oh oh

Calling all hearts, Calling all hands

Calling all feet to take a stand

Why sit around and wait for a miracle to come?

When we can be one, When we can be one , When we can be one

A little somethin' might feel like nothin'

But in His hands it's all we'll ever need

To speak life to the broken

Watch the blind eyes open

It's who He's calling you and me to be

We can be the change - be the hope

We can be the arms that don't let go

We can be a light in the dark

We are we are where it starts

The chorus is repeated a few times. These lyrics ring so true in today's age. So many times we are called to move and we don't. We can talk about helping others until we are blue in the face, but we seldom ever put our words into action. James 1:22 tells us "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."

 We don't need to sit around and wait for a miracle. We can be a miracle to those in need all around us. Bringing new neighbors a meal, taking food to the sick and those who have lost a loved one, praying with the hurting, watching someones' kids so they can get a break, being that listening ear to someone who just needs a friend. These are all very practical ways we can be the change and hope in this world. It may not seem like much, but in His hands it can be more than enough. 

Why do we reach out and be His hands and feet? Because God says "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me" (Matthew 25:40). Let's be difference makers. Let's get off our rumps and be love to a hurting world. They so desperately need it.