Friday, November 19, 2010

I Dare You to Move....


I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened


I was on my way to work this morning and I heard this song by Switchfoot that I have heard a million times on  my very favorite Christian radio station, KLRC.  I’m a musician and poet at heart, so I listen to the lyrics of things. Take them apart in my head.  And I don’t know why, but I have always heard this song in a different way.  I think I always heard the first three lines:

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
 
And in my head created this anthem about continuing to move forward in this lost and dying world.  But I never really soaked in those last three lines and what they might mean for me as I walk this world.
 
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened

What would that look like? If I moved like today never happened before?  Who would I be like? If I woke up each morning and greeted the day with the excitement and anticipation of a truly extraordinary beginning.  How would that feel?

Who would I show up as if I believed that the slate was wiped clean every morning?  If I was free from all the hurt and unforgiveness in my heart.  Free from all the sin and shame that burdens my thoughts.  If I greeted each moment, each person as if they were a brand-new-never-before-seen-or-heard-or-felt experience.  How would that change my world?

The truth is that God wants us to live life this way.  He wipes the slate clean whenever we ask….but do we?  We don’t let go, forgive, walk away from the past hurts and shame, but instead carry it with us into every experience and interaction that we have each day. 

Today, I dare you to move. Experience the wonder and fullness and amazing abundance of God’s grace and beauty in this world.  See the world with new eyes, hear with new ears, and drink in the immense creation God’s given us.

I dare you to move like today never happened before.

What would your world be like if you moved like today never happened before?  Who would you be?