reminding myself

Yesterday, I wanted to comfort/encourage a friend and gave him 3 songs! the 3 songs that have had so much meaning in my life during my third year of university.  The songs were the following:
Lay Me Down
Forever Reign
All I Have is Christ

and wow...just listening to those songs reminded me so much of what I've learned...
Like really! the lyrics of all of them are so convicting! and I guess, if you think about it, those 3 songs are actually super connected! It starts off with lay me down...The conviction that you have in your heart when you realize that you are not your own and you belong to God alone!  When you realize all you can, should and want to do is lay your life down to God! Not to anything else, but to Him alone! because you know that He has the best plan for you, and He loves you.
And in times of hardship, when you don't know what to say, you say, "you are good, you are good when there's nothing good in me" When you lay down your life to God, He is everything for you! He is good, love, light, hope, peace, true, joy, life, more, Lord, here, God and just moree! And all you can do is run into his arms because he loves you!  When you have left this world behind you, laid down your life to God, and run into his arms because He is everything, you then realize something so beautiful...that all you have is Christ!
You are in his arms! and you are free from this world, free from sin, but in His presence and you are just in awe of His greatness and majesty and his love. And all you can say is "Hallelujah! All i have is Christ!! Hallelujah! Jesus is my life!!" and this world grows dim, and knowing Jesus is all that matters to you!

I pray that when the time comes, I will be able to lay down my life to God! Like in Job, I need to realize that the Lord gives and the Lord takes away!...and to find joy even when he takes away because I know God has a plan! He knows. I pray I will be able to truly say with joy "Your will, your way, ALWAYS!"

Jireh :)