Monday, November 12, 2012

Motions

Since the first time I heard Matthew West's song "The Motions", the words very powerfully reflected what I wanted to say.  I'm sure I've even written about it before; for truly, I don't just want to go through the motions but instead I want to live my life passionately for God! 

Just this weekend, I heard Matthew West give an example of how this song changed the life of one person he met.   That person was a businessman climbing the corporate ladder; and one night at about 4AM when he was traveling for work and could not sleep, he turned on the hotel room radio to search for a Christian radio station.   When he heard the song, he really felt it was talking to him.  When the song finished, the DJ came on and said that he felt God telling him to play the song again for someone out there who needed to hear it again.   As the song played, the businessman felt a tug on his heart and prayed that if the song came on one more time, he was going to change his life and do something about it.   Thinking he was "off the hook", since there could be no way the song would be played three times in a row; he heard the DJ say at the end of the song once again, that maybe the listeners might get mad at him, but he felt that he should play the song one more time.   Well, that very night, the businessman tendered his resignation; and when he was telling the story to Matthew West, he said that he is now the pastor of the church that Matthew was singing in.  Now, THAT is a wonderfully amazing story!

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