July 17, 2006

I posted these lyrics (and wrote this "intro") about a year and a half ago. It's as true today as it was then.


these are the lyrics to the song that I want to define my life and my relationship with Christ. I've heard this song so many times, but somehow I rarely stop and listen to just what the words are saying.



MISTAKEN
Warren Barfield


VERSE 1:
I shouldn't have to tell you who I am,
Cause who I am should be speaking for itself
Cause if I am who I want to be, then who you see won't even be me
Oh the more and more I disappear, the more and more He becomes clear

CHORUS:
Til everyone I talk to hears His voice
And everything I touch feels the warmth of His hand
Til everyone I meet sees Jesus in me, this is all I want to be
I want to be mistaken for Jesus
Oh I want to be mistaken


VERSE 2:
Do they only see who we are, when who we are should be pointing them to Christ
Cause we are who He chose to use to spread the news of the way the truth and the life
Oh I want all I am to die....so all He is can come alive


CHORUS:
Til everyone I talk to hears His voice
And everything I touch feels the warmth of His hand
Til everyone I meet sees Jesus in me, this is all I want to be
I want to be mistaken for Jesus
Oh I want to be mistaken
Oh I need to be mistaken for You, Lord.. .I want to be mistaken


BRIDGE:
May He touch with my hands
See through my eyes
May He speak through my lips
Live through my life