Wow...the first blog on my new page. Here goes... :)
This past month I was honored to have one of the songs from my new album (coming out in 2011) on this year’s WOW music “New & Next” compilation CD. Having grown up listening to, loving and being deeply impacted by Christian music, it is the strangest thing to look at the latest release of a long-trusted & treasured resource and see your name on there. What in the world?! What an incredible, amazing, humbling privilege.
I wrote the song (“Come Rest”) with two of my good friends after I’d been thinking through (and being convicted by) the story of Martha & Mary in Luke 10. It struck me that maybe one of the most easily and often confused lines in the life of a believer (well…mine anyway) is that between self-reliance and setting aside the time to wait for strength from God. In the fast-paced culture we live in, taking time out of a hectic schedule to rest and spend time with God can easily be viewed as an unaffordable luxury! Subconsciously, some of us might even see it as a waste of the precious time we’ve been entrusted with. It seems so ridiculously, obviously backwards typing about it now, but I know I’ve definitely been guilty of this. We press on and push through our growing stress, anxiety and weariness, surviving on a slim weekend diet of time in the Word, all the while ignoring the invitation to trade our heavy burdens for rest for our souls (Matthew 11:28-30). Wow. I’ve subconsciously hailed and emulated Martha’s exhausting work ethic and shared in her incredulity at the Mary’s of today –the people who sit content at Jesus’ feet and unknowingly add fuel to the pride of my self-sufficiency. Man. It looks harsh now on paper, but this thought also hit me: God would never have extended an invitation that we didn’t desperately need to accept!
So, all that to say, Come Rest is my attempt at retelling Martha’s side of the story from my own perspective/experience. A few people have asked to see the lyrics, so I’ll post them (and the Luke passage) below. Hope it’s an encouragement to you today as you draw close to Jesus –His yoke is easy and His burden is so light.
Blessings….
<3 lindsay
I wrote the song (“Come Rest”) with two of my good friends after I’d been thinking through (and being convicted by) the story of Martha & Mary in Luke 10. It struck me that maybe one of the most easily and often confused lines in the life of a believer (well…mine anyway) is that between self-reliance and setting aside the time to wait for strength from God. In the fast-paced culture we live in, taking time out of a hectic schedule to rest and spend time with God can easily be viewed as an unaffordable luxury! Subconsciously, some of us might even see it as a waste of the precious time we’ve been entrusted with. It seems so ridiculously, obviously backwards typing about it now, but I know I’ve definitely been guilty of this. We press on and push through our growing stress, anxiety and weariness, surviving on a slim weekend diet of time in the Word, all the while ignoring the invitation to trade our heavy burdens for rest for our souls (Matthew 11:28-30). Wow. I’ve subconsciously hailed and emulated Martha’s exhausting work ethic and shared in her incredulity at the Mary’s of today –the people who sit content at Jesus’ feet and unknowingly add fuel to the pride of my self-sufficiency. Man. It looks harsh now on paper, but this thought also hit me: God would never have extended an invitation that we didn’t desperately need to accept!
So, all that to say, Come Rest is my attempt at retelling Martha’s side of the story from my own perspective/experience. A few people have asked to see the lyrics, so I’ll post them (and the Luke passage) below. Hope it’s an encouragement to you today as you draw close to Jesus –His yoke is easy and His burden is so light.
Blessings….
<3 lindsay
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2010:38-42&version=ESV
Come Rest
Music & lyrics by Lindsay McCaul, Jason Ingram, Mia Fieldes
Busy, busy me, full of self-sufficiency
I have tried so fervently to earn Your love
But any joy that I once found is wearing off, is winding down
And I can hear You in the madness calling out
When You say come, rest -should I be working so hard
When You say love, rest -did You want hands or my heart
'Cause I have done my best and still I miss the mark
But I remember You said its done
So I come
So convinced that it was right, adding weight to what was light
Seeking value in Your sight, but I was wrong
For all the labor I have done is but a candle to the sun
And I can see that it would never measure up
When You say come, rest -should I be working so hard
When You say love, rest -did You want hands or my heart
'Cause I have done my best and still I miss the mark
But I remember You said its done
So I...
Come to the water's edge
I rest in Your promises
That all You ever wanted was me here
And if there's nothing left that I can do
To earn the love I need from You
Then all that's left to want is to be near
So I come when You say come
When You say come, rest -should I be working so hard
When You say love, rest -did You want hands or my heart
'Cause I have done my best and still I miss the mark
But I remember You said its done
So I come
Music & lyrics by Lindsay McCaul, Jason Ingram, Mia Fieldes
Busy, busy me, full of self-sufficiency
I have tried so fervently to earn Your love
But any joy that I once found is wearing off, is winding down
And I can hear You in the madness calling out
When You say come, rest -should I be working so hard
When You say love, rest -did You want hands or my heart
'Cause I have done my best and still I miss the mark
But I remember You said its done
So I come
So convinced that it was right, adding weight to what was light
Seeking value in Your sight, but I was wrong
For all the labor I have done is but a candle to the sun
And I can see that it would never measure up
When You say come, rest -should I be working so hard
When You say love, rest -did You want hands or my heart
'Cause I have done my best and still I miss the mark
But I remember You said its done
So I...
Come to the water's edge
I rest in Your promises
That all You ever wanted was me here
And if there's nothing left that I can do
To earn the love I need from You
Then all that's left to want is to be near
So I come when You say come
When You say come, rest -should I be working so hard
When You say love, rest -did You want hands or my heart
'Cause I have done my best and still I miss the mark
But I remember You said its done
So I come
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