Love Song for a Savior

In open fields of wild flowers
She breathes the air, flies away
She thanks her Jesus for the daisies and the roses
In no simple language
Someday she'll understand the meaning of it all

He's more than the laughter
Or the stars in the heavens
As close as a heartbeat
Or a song on her lips
Someday she'll trust him
And learn how to see him
Someday he'll call her
And she will come running
Fall in his arms, the tears will fall down
And she'll pray

I want to fall in love with you

Sitting silent wearing Sunday best
The sermon echoes through the walls
A great salvation through it
Goes to the people who stare into nowhere
Can't feel the chains on their souls

He's more than the laughter
Or the stars in the heavens
As close as a heartbeat
Or a song on her lips
Someday we'll trust him
And learn how to see him
Someday he'll call us
And we will come running
Fall in his arms
The tears will fall down and we'll pray

I want to fall in love with you
Seems to easy to call you savior
Not close enough to call you a god
So as I sit and think of
Words I can mention to show my devotion

I want to fall in love with you

Jars of Clay ~ "Jars of Clay"


When I first heard this song from Jars of Clay’s first album in 1995 I just didn’t get it. The idea of “falling in love” with Jesus had never occurred to me. I mean, he’s GOD, right? So how do you fall in love with the creator of the universe ... the one who created and saved you? In fact, it all seemed a little irreverent to me. (I was way more legalistic back then.)

Think about it though… When you’re “in love” with someone, you:

• Want to know as much as possible about them.
• Want to spend time with them.
• Can’t stop thinking about them.
• Talk about them to everyone you know.
• Want to please them.
• Put them before yourself.

When the truth behind the concept of falling in love with Jesus dawned on me, it was a huge revelation, and I still marvel at imagery of this song. Now it’s what I yearn for, and what I long for my children to have.

In Romans 8:38-39 (NIV) Paul says,

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

That’s how much He loves us. And what about us? Well, in Matthew 22:37 (NIV) Jesus said,

“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”

Sounds like the “real thing” to me, and that’s what I want. A friend recently told me, “It’s one thing to know God loves you. But it’s another thing entirely to feel it.”

I want to feel it every second of every minute of every day. I want to be “in love” with Him.