You Alone are Father.

Back in middle school, I was introduced to this song called "You Alone". I have vivid memories of Rick, my brother, on guitar and me singing as we led youth group worship on Sunday mornings singing this exact song. I remember loving it b/c it was so easy to learn for there are only 4 lines and then it repeats over and over. It focuses on 4 main attributes of God. He is our Father. He is good. He is our Savior. He is God. Listen to it here, while you read the lyrics below.

"You are the only one I need

I bow all of my at your feet

I worship you alone.

You have given me more 

than I could ever have wanted

I want to give you my heart and my soul. 

You alone are Father.

You alone are good.

You alone are Savior.

You alone are God."

It wasn't until church on Sunday as my roommate, Maggie, was leading us in worship that I really started contemplating these words. I sat down in the middle of worship and journaled the following...

"Here I am singing a song about God as my father and my earthly father's birthday was yesterday and I can't stop thinking about him. This song reminds that YOU alone are my father. My earthly father has died and gone (Isaiah 40:8) but you are still there as my heavenly father. You are good. You are my Savior. I wonder if these words are synonymous. Fathers are supposed to be good. Fathers are supposed to be their little girls' saviors. How much more then will my heavenly father, the one who created my earthly father, be all of these things and more?"

I tend to idolize my father. He was a wonderful example of a father. But, he was just a man. When I type these words, there is a pang in me like I shouldn't be saying it. It's true though. While he was great, he was just a man. Isaiah says that all men are like grass and they will come and go, yet the character and word of Christ will last forever. Even when we have good examples to follow, we must remember they are just men and someone bigger than them created them and made them for who they are.

Even though my father has been gone for 5 years, still when I hear the word father in reference to God, I think of dad first. I must remember that behind my wonderful daddy, stands his creator. HE will not be shaken or moved. HE will withstand sickness, cancer, my emotions, etc. HE is father. HE is good. HE is savior. HE is God.