WHO? (cross-archive)

Ok, I give up. I'll never be able to get my thoughts formulated to give you decent blogs, so I'll just go ahead and write and disclaim responsibility.

My current fave song "of all time"?
Who? By Newsboys. This one is awesome to sing along with staring up at the stars! (even better than Michael Card's Starkindler!)

Who?

how you gonna reckon with a God like this?
when you gonna face what you can't dismiss
whatcha gonna say to the ...
soul kiss that is my God?
fearsome like the sag in a fat man's chair?
sweeter than a patch of rogain hair?
how do you define what you can't compare?
this is ... my God
and there's no use explaining
what can't be contained

Chorus
I'm not following a god I can lead around
I can't chain this deity
that's why Jesus is the final answer
to who I want my God to be
He's who (I want my God to be)

how ya gonna reckon with a God this great?
why you wanna measure what you can't equate?
watcha gonna say to the ...
check mate that is my God?
stronger than the burn of an aftershave?
tender than a burger in your microwave
rare than the air in an empty grave
this is ... my God
and there's no use explaining
what can't be contained

- Chorus -

Bridge 1
how we gonna work this out?
to fabricate a God like this no doubt
we'd end up worshipping a Christ of our own design
but Jesus doesn't fit that profile
His ways aren't mine

Bridge 2
I'm not following a God that's imagined
can't invent this deity
and that's why Jesus is the final answer
to who I want my God to be
He's who (I want my God to be)

- Chorus (3x) -



Text: Steve Taylor, Peter Furler / Musik: Peter Furler

© 2000 Dawn Treader Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) / Warner Sojourner Music / Soylent Tunes / SESAC


I just go "wow and amen". Need I elaborate further? I often think about this song when people end up having a conflicting or insufficient vision of God because they try to fit Him into their box of beliefs.

BTW, I'd hate to start a discussion about this in thr forum, but I've been trying to figure out about music - what's good, what's bad. I'm familiar with the arguments against rock beats, and I tend to be more picky than my bros with music.... And then I hear songs like this, and scratch my head again. I don't like most CCM, but Newsboys really attract me, their powerful lyrics and all. Right now I'm listening to "Blessed be Your Name", another Newsboys. wow.

I guess that would be one qualification for me on whether I like certain CCM - powerful & hearable lyrics...

Ok, this is going to be a long post, but got me thinking...

I guess that is part of me, I always like movies, songs, etc. that are insightful. I'm one of those who is always "reading" into movies, and drawing lessons and points from them...

OK! 'nough said for now!