"Love is the
Movement"
by Switchfoot
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above link to listen)
"Love Is The
Movement"
A day in LA
And millions of faces
Are looking for movement
Cause everything's stuck
And everything's frozen
And everyone's broken
And nobody moves
And everyone's scared
That the motion will never come
This is the incompletion
Stuck in a line
Love is the movement
Love is a revolution
This is redemption
We don't have to slow back down
The stars are alive
They dance to the music
Of the deepest emotion
And all of the world
Is singing in time
As the heavens are caving in
Mysterious ways
Why God gave His life
To put motion inside my soul
It's bigger than cold religion
It's bigger than life
We're starting now
We don't have to slow back down
This is a revolutioin
Get up, get up
Love is moving you now
In his letters, the apostle John tells us that God is love and all that love has been born of God. What the children of God have come to realize is the LOVE is the force that moves us, which is exactly the message within this Switchfoot song. This group has been around awhile and lately has become quite a hit on all pop stations, but they remain true to the spiritul truths that have guided them this far. I hope many of their new fans will go back and listen to some of their earlier music. It is just as good or better than what is out right now.
This song begins with the condition of many in the world- frozen. They are frozen by fear. They are stalled by apathy. They are timid in the arms of hopelessness. They only see all the evil in the world and are afraid, unwilling and lack the faith to know that God's perfect plan is being worked out. The force that never fails is the very essence of God. Love is the movement in the hearts of God's children.
JOHN
13:34
"A new
command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you
must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my
disciples, if you love one another."
I like how we hear, "the stars are alive; they dance to the music of the deepest emotion." Everything has been created by, through and FOR God to bring about His Kingdom on earth. There is absolutely no way that this motion of God's sovereign will can be stopped. Love is like gravity; the more it gathers to itself, the stronger it gets. And the closer we draw to God, the more we are pulled into His life. We are reminded in this song that God gave His life to put this "motion" inside our souls. Christ died long before creation so that God could raise us all from a state of spiritual death. Jesus the Christ is a spring of God's life and love. As we follow him, we enter into this life. We become attached to love and will see the fruits of the Spirit of Christ.
1 CORINTHIANS
13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not
boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is
not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does
not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always
protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
The love flowing from within the children of God is the reality and life of Christ..."it's bigger than cold religion; it's bigger than life." What a wonderful truth to share with the world! How many times have religions used fear, deceit and greed to motivate its followers? The mature in Christ are only motivated (moved) by Love! So get up! Love is moving you now! Go into the world and do the Father's will.
May the love of Christ be your only life and motivation,
brad