I’ve had this song–Learning to be the Light by NewWorldSon–in my head since I woke up this morning. Usually when that happens I post it as the “Song of the Day” on my Facebook page and let that be it. But when I went to do that this morning I wound up putting the song on repeat a few times; I was captured by the lyrics of the song…

Learning to Be the Light

When the stars came crashing down
In tiny pieces to the ground
I was all alone down here
Trapped beneath the atmosphere
Then I, thought somebody called my name
I spun around and caught a flame
I gave into a God I didn’t know
And now everything is falling into place
A brand new life is calling and I owe it all to grace

It’s so much brighter living in your world
Savior, what you did for me
You gave me something I want everyone to see
When we struggle and it all goes wrong
Only you can make it right
So I say
Oh oh oh oh oh
I’m learning to be the light
whoa, whoa
I’m learning to be the light
whoa, whoa

When a heart is cold as ice
You can’t melt it with advice
No one wants to listen to
A list of things they shouldn’t do
So I build a city on a hill
And I light a candle on the sill
Knowing you’ll be always knocking at the door
Oh God I just want to love on everyone
All I have is yours to give so let the people come

It’s so much brighter living in your world
Savior what you did for me
You gave me something I want everyone to see
When we struggle and it all goes wrong
Only you can make it right
So I say
Oh oh oh oh oh
I’m learning to be the light
whoa, whoa
I’m learning to be the light
whoa, whoa
I’m learning to be the light

that makes the shadows hide
the light that breaks the curse of pride
the light that takes the weary in it’s arms

When it all came crashing down
There was only darkness all around
But in the distance I could see
A Flame

It’s So much brighter living in your world
Savior what you did for me
You gave me something I want everyone, I mean everyone to see
When we struggle and it all goes wrong
Only you can make it right
So I say
Oh oh oh oh oh
I’m learning to be the light
whoa, whoa
I’m learning to be the light
whoa, whoa
I’m learning to be the light
whoa, whoa
I’m learning to be the light
whoa, whoa
I’m learning to be the light!!

Oh, where do I begin?! First off, it describes our walk with God. He’s constantly calling out to us and when we finally catch a glimpse of  Him and we accept His sacrifice for us…we don’t even know what we’re getting ourselves into! In order to understand Him and get to know Him we study His Word, pray, attend church, and worship Him. As we get to know Him more, we come to appreciate Him more. We find hope, love, mercy, and grace in His arms and it begins to overflow from us; and we want to share it with the world!

The line that really struck me as I listened to this song was, “When a heart is cold as ice/You can’t melt it with advice/No one wants to listen to/A list of things they shouldn’t do,” because it reminded me that we can’t just tell people about God and His love, grace, hope, and mercy, because non-believers don’t want to hear it; sometimes all we can do is show them…

 And finally, we’re not perfect and we never will be. We are going to struggle and things are definitely going to go wrong at some point, but all we can do is keep our eyes on Christ and learn to be the light that He’s called us to be, by studying His Word and walking daily in His presence.