Coming Alive

I haven’t had a chance to write much music for the rest of the summer, as I’ve been recording and then on the youth group bike trip.  But, I did have a chance to finally finish rewriting one of my olds songs that I felt had some potential.  The song was entitled after its opening words, “Dear apathy.”  It continues:  “Dear apathy, I’m breaking free to do the impossible.”  After playing it for my parents, they said it needed to be titled “Coming Alive.”  It is a song that I hope just fills believers with excitement and hope of new beginnings as they listen.

The reason I chose to write this song is because a lot of times, especially in our first world countries and situations, we do not wrestle with persecution or hunger or need.  Although, I would argue we would probably have a stronger church if we did!  But, I think the spiritual warfare we engage in everyday is whether or not to be apathetic.  God has given us a world to serve.  We are to be his hands and feet.  But, how often do I justify my actions with, “Well, I’m pretty tired, so I don’t need to do that too!” or “They’ll be fine – I’m sure they have everything they need.”  As I grow in Christ, everything I once lived for should be considered garbage and left behind (Philippians 3).  It is the comfort that this world pretends to offer us that looks so enticing at times.  But, we are meant to live for so much more.  

Have you ever been on a break or a vacation, and after about 3 days of sitting around doing nothing but eating and watching TV you are like, “I’m going stir crazy!  I gotta get out of here!” I think this song is akin to that spiritually.  It is, “Wow, have I really just sat on my spiritual butt and fed myself garbage? – I’m breaking free of this cycle!”  Which we can only do with God’s help.  His life breaks in like light to darkness, like water to desert land.  That’s what this song is about!

Dear Apathy

Dear Apathy, I’m breaking free
To do the impossible
All Your lies had a hold on my mind
But I’ve begun believing the unbelievable
Wearing down, I was just on the border of
Giving up, but when I turned the corner I

Saw the Light break the darkness
What a sight for the hopelessness I’d found myself in
Coming alive again

My old life never satisfied me
So I’ll face the fears that kept me down before
I count it loss, as I press on
To take ahold of all that I was created for
All that I’d wanted, I leave it all behind
Eyes ahead on the finish line

As the Light breaks the darkness
What a sight for the hopelessness I’d found myself in
Coming alive again
Like the waves in a strong tide
Find escape from a well gone dry inside
I’m coming alive again

Alive inside 
Don’t let this die
I’m coming alive
Wearing down, I was just on the border of
Giving up, but then I turned the corner and
All that I wanted, I left it all behind
Eyes ahead on the finish line