Rich Mullins Hold me Jesus

Another "old school" song.  This song has provided more comfort and peace during my life time than any other Contemporary Christian song.  I chose this song tonight because of something I read in my Bible this morning. 

Deuteronomy 33:12 says, "Let the beloved of the Lord, rest secure in Him for He shields him all daylong and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders."

I immediately pictured my brother when I read this verse today.  When my niece or nephew get tired of walking, he picks them up and places them on his shoulders.  When they can't see something like fireworks or an animal at the circus, he does the same thing.  He lifts them up on his shoulders so they can see.  I rarely hear him complain about them needing his help at their young age.

Today, my Father, knows of my need for Him.  The next 24 hours of my life will be filled with tears and sorrow over what "could have been."  But God, in His wisdom, chose today to show me this verse.  He is holding me on his shoulders so I can rest. 

"Well sometimes my life just don't make sense at all
When the mountains look so big
And my faith just seems so small

So hold me Jesus 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

And I wake up in the night and feel the dark
It's so hot inside my soul
I swear there must be blisters on my heart

So hold me Jesus 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

Surrender don't come natural to me
I'd rather fight You for something I don't really want
Than to take what You give that I need
And I've beat my head against so many walls
Now I'm falling down I'm falling on my knees

And this Salvation Army band is playing this hymn
And Your grace rings out so deep
It makes my resistance seem so thin

I'm singing hold me Jesus 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace "

 

 

I love the underlined stanza in this song because it reminds me again of my Father.  I don't always see my need for his help.  I tend to try to figure things out on my own.  That's not living in dependence on him but rather on my own self-righteousness.  But God, he gives us salvation and grace.  His love for me carried me on his shoulders to the cross.  He took my sin, insecurity, sorrow, etc and put it on his shoulders to offer me the rest and peace I need so desparately.