This is a blog series I like do where I examine “secular” songs that if sung with a different heart, perhaps a different perspective or a changed line here or there would make for a wonderful worship song. This really is an exercise in showing how these songs could be redeemed to worship the Father. Today I bring you “Sailed On” (<-playable link) by Landon Pigg, an absolutely incredible song. I imagine these words being song over us by God as a rebuke of our religious lifestyles and failure to abide.

Please don’t do what I say
Cause if you don’t love me, its worthless anyway
Please don’t trouble yourself
You’ll only go away in the end

Please don’t follow all my commands
Cause whats the point in that
I keep hoping that all of your plans
Will fall through the roof

Chorus:
Like two ships passing in the night we’re gone
Only the moon and the stars in the sky did know
To cry for me
As I sailed on

Please don’t trouble yourself
I only want your love
You keep giving me your help
Oh please stop playing along
You know your wasting your energy
And your breaking my heart

(Chorus)

Oh I can just see it now (I can see it now)
Your recklessly in love
Your hearts boiling over
Oh I can just see it now
Your coming around

In ministry I can’t tell you how many times I could relate to the lines, “Like 2 ships passing in the night we’re gone.” Feeling like I’m moving but not sure if I actually asked God if this is where I should be heading or stop to notice if I left God behind a long time ago. Another convicting line is, “I only want your love and you keep giving me your help“, how easy it is for me to replace love for service and activity.