Boasting

I have been listening to Lecrae a lot recently. Lecrae is a rap artist. He is an extremely passionate artist and challenges me in many ways with his songs. The song Boasting is an amazing song. I am loving this song so much right now.

Hook:

If this life has anything to gain at all
I count it lost if I can't hear you, feel you, 'cause I need you
Can't walk this earth alone
I recognize I am not my own, so before I fall
I need to hear you, feel you, as I live to make my boast in you alone

Verse 1:
With every breath I take, with every heart beat,
Sunrise and the moon lights in the dark street
Every glance, every dance, every note of a song
It's all a gift undeserved that I shouldn't have known
Every day that I lie, every moment I covet
I'm deserving to die, I'm just earning your judgment
I, without the cross there's only condemnation
If Jesus wasn't executed there's no celebration
So in times that are good, in times that are bad
For any times that I've had it all I will be glad
And I will boast in the cross, I boast in my pains
I will boast in the sunshine, boast in his reign (rain)
What's my life if it's not praising you
Another dollar in my bank account of vain pursuit, I do
That count my life as any value or precious at all
Let me finish my race, let me answer my call

(Hook)

Verse 2:
Tomorrow's never promised, but it is we swear
Think we holding our own, just a fist full of air
God has never been obligated to give us life
If we fought for our rights, we be in hell tonight
Mere sinners own nothing but a fierce hand
We never loved him we pushed away his pierced hands
I rejected his love, grace, kindness, and mercy
Dying of thirst, yet, willing to die thirsty
Eternally worthy, how could I live for less?
Patiently you turn my heart away from selfishness
I volunteer for your sanctifying surgery
I know the spirits purging me of everything that's hurting me
Remove the veil from my darkened eyes
So now every morning I open Your Word and see the Son (Sun) rise
I hope in nothin', boast in nothin', only in your sufferin'
I live to show your glory, dyin' to tell your story

(Hook)

Bridge:
Glory was solely meant for you
Doing what no one else could do
With all I have to give, (With all I have to give)
I'll use my life, I'll use my lips (My Lips, Yaaa)
I'll only glory in your Word
What gift to me I don't deserve
I'll live in such a way that it reflects to you, my Praise

(Hook)

Boasting in HIM alone is the message i receive when hearing this song. It is not about myself. "I recognize I am not my own" is one line that sticks out to me. On my own, i cannot overcome my sins. --Ecclesiastes 4:12 "Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."-- His Word, the Bible, backs up this line. By myself, i am weak. With one other person, i may be able to stand. With 2 others, we can do amazing things.

Imagine if i am with God. Forget being with one or two other people. If i am with God, the Creator, then i can overcome anything. He knows the ins and outs of every person. Even though humanity and God are seperated because of humanity's fall, God is big enough to overcome the gap. It's because of His Grace that i can live.

"If we fought for our rights, we be in hell tonight" is another amazing line. Think about it... So many times we are worried about doing 'good works' so that we can be with God. Yes, doing 'good works' and following His commands will strengthen our relationship with Him. Before we reach any of that, we must accept His Grace. --Ephesians 2:8-9 "For it is by Grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast."-- Lets face it, NO amount of works can get us into Heaven. We must accept that God came to earth to be like us and show us how to live. He then died and rose from the grave. We must accept that His death has covered ALL of our sins. His rising from the grave represents the defeat of Satan. He stormed the gates of hell and defeated death.

--Matthew 16:18 "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."--