I'm listening, I'm listening!!

So...when you hear a song four times in less than 24 hours, what do you think? WIBI needs to change their "heavy rotation" selections? Right/wrong place at the right/wrong time? Maybe God's trying to get your attention through one of the normal channels he uses? Maybe I should listen closely? I did.

I love this song...it's one that I (no exaggeration) crank up the volume as LOUD as I can get it (unfortunately, in the Jeep, that's really not all that loud) and sing at the top of my lungs...well, sing all the words I know at the top of my lungs, anyway. This is one of those songs that I've never taken the time to actually read the lyrics, so I knew most of the words, but there are a few lines that I've never understood what he's saying. I looked them up today.

Funny thing. The lines I never understood (the ones I've bold-faced/italicized) were the ones that I needed to hear right now. God's like that, isn't he? I love those days when I feel like I've been given a whole new lease on life...yesterday's all been washed clean, today's an empty slate and I hold a brand new piece of chalk.

"Burn for You"--TobyMac

I’m a brand new man, I’m a conscious man
I’m a man who’s burnin’ for you
The mistakes I’ve made have been chased away to the bottom of the ocean blue
I’m a brand new man in a foreign land, I’m a man who’s feelin’ that fire
And it’s all so clear when I’m standing here at the peak of my desire
So won’t you move me like you used to
I want the world to know I burn for you

I feel revived again, I am alive again
(Burnin’ for you) You got me lifted and lifted you lift me up
I feel revived again, I’m energized again
(Burnin’ for you) You got me lifted and lifted you lift me up

Woke up in a sweat, those ghosts in my head
Had a grip, but I slipped on by
It’s a whole new day as the darkness fades
And the sun’s climbing in the sky
I concede, my love, that I need your love
I’m before you, a broken man
And it’s only you, no substitutes who can renew this soul again

You got me higher than Kilimanjaro
Got me believin’ I can “save the day”
I’m up and running like their ain’t no tomorrow
I’d rather burn for you than fade away
I’d rather burn for you than go my way

I’m a whole new guy with a whole new vibe
Changed inside – more flame in the fire
Can’t stop, won’t stop praying for desire
Like the bunny on the screen feel so energized
Old shell gone without a trace, new face
No more shortness of breath, new pace
Live life now without the taste of fear
TOBYMAC, Double Dutch now let the smoke clear