Yahweh, show me the kingdom!

Today I'm going to talk about Bethany Dillon!

Bethany is an artist that I constantly find myself listening to. Sometimes I don't even consciously do it, I just find myself singing something that describes and/or comforts my exact feelings at the moment. I can always relate to her music and lyrics. They are very personal.

This song is called "The Kingdom":

"Teach me how to hum it
Because I don't know the words yet

Help me see the light
I'm reaching through the fight
Yahweh, show me the Kingdom
Arms open wide
Death swallowed up by life
Yahweh, show me the Kingdom"

I feel sometimes like I'm always dwelling on the uncertainties of life. But aren't we all uncertain most of the time? A relationship with God means we can attempt to put aside our worries and uncertainties and trust Him with it all. This is exactly what this song describes to me. We need to not only ask for help from God but we need to ask for Him to teach us how to get through things. With the gift of strength we can persevere through whatever problems we may be going through at the moment and just open up to God. When we do that, we are shown the kingdom. I think that the kingdom is most definitely heaven but we can see tiny glimpses of that even here on earth when we hand over our all to Christ.

"So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever." - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (The Message)

Also, Tooth and Nail Records has a newly signed band that it coming out with an album this coming Tuesday. I might like them, I'm not sure yet: The Becoming.