A higher power with no on/off switch
When I was 22, I was still ridiculously naive. I believed Americans were all on the same side. Old people never did bad things. Pretty girls were all saving themselves for marriage. Yes. I believed those things. And I assumed most anybody would know I was talking about God when I wrote “higher power” in a song. Boy, was I wrong. And like I said, naive.
Fast forward a couple of decades and you’ll find a guy with a lot of naive notions dashed against the rocks. It was a good AND bad thing. Good because I had grown, matured, and discovered much more truth. Bad because my world wasn’t rosy anymore. Nor would it ever be again. And yet, that’s as it should be. I’m sure you have some sort of similar story you could share. Right? Where your hopes, dreams, and aspirations were crushed by reality? What do you do when that happens? Well, I can tell you what you don’t do…give up hoping for better things. They’re coming…for some.
The higher power that will save the world is coming.
That’s not a headline from a movie trailer. And I’m sure it’ll make unbelievers snicker and give them the urge to poke fun…all in the name of tolerance and celebration of diversity, of course. The Higher Power I’m talking about is the Creator of heaven and earth and the rest of the universe. I hope you’re not offended if I go ahead and mention His name. Jesus.
Going back to when I was 22…I wrote a song about about worry and not worrying. I’m gonna share the lyrics below, and I want you to see if you find yourself in either part…the worry, or not worrying. If you worry, do you understand why? And if you don’t worry, do you understand why not? Either way you choose to position yourself, there’s only one reason you’re even able to ponder the question. Because you were created with a brain in the first place. Any questions? Here are the lyrics to help you ponder…
The Power
If I sat down, and I took the time
To correct the lines and absorb them all,
I would sit in place for so long
That the hourglass would surely rust and fall.
But there is no need for me to worry.
I don’t need to see. And I don’t need to feel.
I might expect a change here and there,
But surely you must see,
Or at least you can feel
The power is higher and all we have to do is close our eyes.
If I stood still, and I counted days
And made up ways to collect them all.
I would never move
‘Cause there are no ways
I can save them all and take the time.
But there is no need for me to worry…
‘Cause the power is higher and all we have to do is close our eyes.
© 1977-2017 Tony Funderburk
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