“Let thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee”

Perhaps the best illustration of a wandering heart is an adulteress relationship. It is flawless in its depiction of God’s people roaming in and out of covenant with the bridegroom (Christ). This phrase displays the idea of being bound to the heart of Christ because of a deep understanding of His Goodness. This line is a perfect thesis statement for Hosea chapter three. He uses the prophet Hosea to depict His goodness towards his people by having Him marry a prostitute. Then woman wanders in and out of covenant with Hosea and yet he still draws her back time and time again. The word goodness seems such an understatement. I find myself searching for a better word then “goodness”. But is this very word, “goodness”, that is used in verse five that will turn the hearts of His people back to Him. We need to constantly reflect on the goodness of God, and allow it to act as the anchor to His heart. I long for a heart that is at rest. It is impossible to be at rest with when your heart is wandering. “Let your goodness act as fetters in binding my heart to Yours.”

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I just got finished watching a documentary on the life of Keith Green. This, my friends, is an insane story. What impacted me most as I sit and try to process the depth of Keith’s short life is the passion He maintained for the lost. He carried such an intense burden to see people brought into a relationship with Christ and raised to maturity. At one point in his life he owned 2 houses on his street and rented out five others in his neighborhood, each holding 10 to 15 people, in order to house some of the people he won to Christ. He burned with the compassion of Christ. Much of his story resounds with the sentiments of the rising disciple generation. Keith was either way ahead of his time or the church had just strayed so far from the true message of Christ that he appeared to be a revolutionary. Truly living out the message of Christ is revolutionary. This documentary is a 7 part video on youtube (How fitting that the inter video is posted for free with no copy write infringement). Watch IT… It will change your life!

“The world is sleeping in the dark that the church just can’t fight, cause it’s asleep in the light. How can you be so dead when you’ve been so well fed?

-Keith Green, Asleep in the Light

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Would I write If they would never be heard? I have questioned this many times in the pursuit of the perfect lyrics. Who is my audience? I have longed to hear thousands chanting an anthem of adoration inspired from my time of intimacy with Christ. I have written with this thought lingering at the back of my mind countless times. The question then prods… Who is my audience? Will I write, will I sing, will I play if only for Him. Are not these supposed to be my confessions of devotion to Him? We talk often of the importance of not allowing our musical worship sets to become a show or about us, but I struggle to allow Christ to be the center of my worship on a day-in/day-out basis. Worship, not just being the music, but the life of my highest expressions of service without the lingering question of , “How is this going to benefit me?” So I challenge, write love songs that may only ever be heard by the Lover. Offer outward postures of adoration that will never be seen. Sacrifice even when no one else will smell the aroma. We must learn to make our corporate worship a mere overflow of the deep well of our romance with Christ.

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