07 Jun, 2010
Song for Those with Disabilities
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Next/New Attitude| —Song Downloads| —Spiritual Gifts| —Worship and the Spirit
The 16th chapter of my book, Worship Matters, is called “To Cherish God’s Presence.” I talk about how one of the effects of biblical corporate worship is a greater pursuit of God’s active presence. I wrote:
For many years I’ve sung spontaneous songs during corporate worship that I believe are a form of prophecy. They’re similar to a spoken prophetic impression from the Lord, only they’re sung, they rhyme, and are often sung “from God to us.” I’ve never believed for a moment that the words I sing are “word for word” from the Lord. That’s called Scripture. But these songs seem to consistently communicate in verse the Lord’s heart for a particular individual, group, or situation. The effect over the years has been an increased awareness of God’s care for his people.
The reason I’m mentioning this is that I sang two such songs at the recent NEXT conference. (If you’re interested in more thoughts on this topic, I did a post on spontaneous and prophetic songs two years ago.) The first song was for people with disabilities. Grant Layman, who oversaw the conference, mentioned to me before the Sunday night meeting that someone was going to be sharing a testimony of how God had met them in their disability. He said he was going to pray for those with disabilities, and asked if I thought the Lord might give me a song for them. I said yes. So I spent a few minutes beforehand praying for that group, and during the meeting sang the song below. You can listen to it or download it by clicking here.
Within the womb I formed you
I fashioned and made each part
I thought of your fingers, your hands and your feet
Your mouth, your lungs, your heart
Though you might think that you’re different
I made you the way that you are
So you could discover the God who made you
And find out all I am
And though you might think you have limitations
There are no limits with me
When you turn your eyes to my salvation
Finally you will see
In Me, you have all that you need
In Me, you have all that you need
In Me, you have all that you’ll ever need.
And I’ve heard each prayer that you’ve called out
“Why did you make me this way?”
You may not completely understand now
But there will be a day
When I make everything known to you
And what you don’t now understand
You will see that I”m wise and I’m mighty and good
Just like all my plans
And if you trust in the work of my Son
One day you will see
That I’ve made you the way you are
To draw your heart to me
To draw your heart to me.
I also sang a song for those battling the effects of sexual sin. I’ll post that tomorrow.
