It appears the James Durbin from American Idol must be a DB reader. Yesterday I wrote about “Don’t Stop Believing” and then last night he goes out on Idol and sings it. What influence this blog has! What control! What command!
Well, of course that’s not true, but it feels good to feel like you are in control. Being in control and in command of things is something that I think all of us struggle with. It is so hard to give it over and let others, or the Lord, take over and lead. It seems like it is so against our nature for that to happen, but never the less that is what we are asked to do.
18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. (Romans 6:18, New International Version)
It sort of reminds me of the song “Pierce My Ear”, which is a song about willingly giving control over to the Lord, which comes from this story in the book of Exodus
5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life. (Exodus 21:5-6, New International Version)
So today, spend some time thinking about who or what is in control of your life?