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Music: Jon Foreman – Equally Skilled
By Julie | August 18, 2008
Yesterday at church the sermon was on finding our true meaning and purpose in life. The pastor did a great a job saying the place where we will find our purpose is by first going to God. Then we find our purpose in the church, as a member of the body of Christ. Secondly, God works in our life to reveal our individual purpose for Him.
The pastor mentioned a book I have never read, but now want to get my hands on, called Man’s Search for Meaning
I was very touched by various parts of the sermon, but two things stick out that I want to share with you:
The first is this quote: “The place God called you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” — Frederick Buechner.
And lastly, the pastor played a song; he said it showed our human capacity for evil, and how God can turn it around for good. The lyrics were displayed on an over head as it played. We were sitting toward the back of the church. When the last couple verses played I saw several people in front of us visibly shaken. At the same time I got goosebumps, and my eyes filled with tears from being so touched by the song. Marc loved the song and looked it up on Youtube today. He also discovered the singer, Jon Foreman, is a member of the band Switchfoot.
Here is a fan-made video he found; the lyrics are written below it. For more information on the CD, go here
Jon Foreman – Equally Skilled
How miserable I am
I feel like a fruit-picker who arrived here
After the harvest
There’s nothing here at all
Nothing at all here that could placate my hunger
The godly people are all gone
There’s not one honest soul left alive
Here on the planet
We’re all murderers and thieves
Setting traps here for even our brothers
And both of our hands are equally skilled
At doing evil, equally skilled
At bribing the judges, equally skilled
At perverting justice
Both of our hands
Both of our hands
The day of justice comes
And is even now swiftly arriving
Don’t trust anyone at all
Not your best friend or even your wife
For the son hates the father
The daughter despises even her mother
Look, your enemies arrive
Right in the room of your very household
And both of their hands are equally skilled
At doing evil, equally skilled
At bribing the judges, equally skilled
At perverting justice
Both of their hands
Both of their hands
No, don’t gloat over me
Though I fall, though I fall
I will rise again
Though I sit here in darkness
The Lord, the Lord alone
He will be my light
I will be patient as the Lord
Punishes me for the wrongs I’ve done
Against Him
After that, He’ll take my case
Bringing me to light and the justice
For all I have suffered
And both of His hands
Are equally skilled
At ruining evil, equally skilled
At judging the judges, equally skilled
Administering justice
Both of His hands
Both of His hands
Are equally skilled
At showing me mercy, equally skilled
At loving the loveless, equally skilled
Administering justice
Both of His hands
Both of His hands
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