today has been a day i know i will never forget as long as i live my life.
reborn, recommited, with vision and with purpose. God himself revealed to me alot of who he is, who i am, what he wants his world to be like and im struggling to find words to describe this revelation.
hes shown me i am the cheifest of sinners. i have disrespected, exploited, lusted, lied, stolen an become more than i ever imagined. hes also shown me i dont have to be all those things. hes actually shown me i can be very far from it.
Retribution
i have found it
it was waiting at my doorstep and i didnt know.
with all my heart i believe aaron newberry is part of divine intervention on my behalf.
today in albany georgia me and aaron worked on a song for our band Sons Of God. the song is called retribution, we had been working on it all weekend inbetween trips to starbucks and zaxbys.
turns out this song along with a book called sex god by rob bell opened my eyes, my ears, and my heart to a God that had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
i just so happened to be bored and decided to read a page or two of this book. after reading about three or so pages if found that i could nt put the book down. God was speaking to me.
i began to feel conviction as the book seemed to describe and reaveal all of my sins. one by one i began to fell sick. i did not like the kind of person i had become.
i continued to read and work on the songi was unaware of the changes my heart ws undergoing. God was showing me my disconnection with him, wih myself, and with others.
im a music lover
when i hear a song for the first time i
listen almost soley to music and melody, not lyrics
you can feel a sense of strong emotion, and passion in Retribution
but what i didnt realize was this song lyrically was meant to continually minister to my already opened eyes, i was becoming a tool for God
between the book and the song i began to see the bigger picture
not only did God want to change my life, he wanted to show me his desire to change other peoples lives. he wanted harmony, comparable to a beautiful song
all the parts, lyric, melody, notes, chords and harmonies
they all work to together for the big picture
it has become a lifestyle, a revolution, retribution and redemption. it has become things that we cant even see at this point, something so much bigger than we can imagine, something divine. God has shown me and aaron tonite that we are meant for greatness, not greatness for our own fame, but for the world
he has called Sons Of God to be Sons Of God.
to change the world
this is what Sons Of God is,
more than a band
more than music and songs
more than success
more than money and popularity
its a calling of just a couple of ordinary dudes with the power and brilliance of God behind them.
and when i say these thingsthe come directly from my heart
ive been convicted of these things and feel that God has put a huge responsibility on Sons Of God. A responsibility not to be taken lightly. We have been givin a vision from God himself to reconnect people to him, themselves and others. through music, lifestyle and all the choices we make we are living out this vision. so much care must be taken not to take this for granted.
i pray for strength, wisdom and obedience to fulfill Gods plan that he has place in front of us.
for all of us
for me, Sons Of God has become my life. its very hard to describe the excitement i have to be a part of something that i truely believe is going to change the world.
thank you God for seeing me through and bringing me home. and as an ending note me and aaron feel a connection with the band AVA so we have decided to pray for them as they hold the same vision as we do in many aspects.
i feel we have been born for this. Amen.
...In With The New
14 years ago
