Josh Wilson
February 27, 2011 Leave a comment
Yesterday I pretty much accidentally stumbled across this guy called Josh Wilson – I was looking around for some fresh music to listen to, and I found this guy on the Sparrow Records website.
I can’t really think of too much to say about him – just that his songs have a sense of honesty that we don’t often see with Christian music. His song Fall Apart stands out, here are its lyrics:
Why in the world did I think I could
Only get to know You when my life was good?
When everything just falls in place,
The easiest thing is to give You praise.
Now it all seems upside-down…
‘Cause my whole world is caving in,
But I feel You now more than I did then.
How can I come to the end of me,
And somehow still have all I need?
God, I want to know You more,
Maybe this is how it starts –
I find You when I fall apart.
Blessed are the ones who understand,
We got nothing to bring but empty hands.
Nothing to hide and nothing to prove,
Our heartbreak brings us back to You.
And it all seems upside-down…
I don’t know how long this will last
I’m praying for the pain to pass
But maybe this is the best thing that
Has ever happened to me.
He has such a beautiful way of showing the truth of God. I’ve been learning so much recently that this life is not about getting to that one ‘perfect’ place and sticking with it. My eyes have always been focused on getting to a point where everything will be okay and I won’t have any more issues in my life to deal with. But it’s not like that, whatever route we take things are going to challenge us, things are always going to go wrong, everything is always going to be messed up. We can’t always expect to be comfortable and that’s a difficult thought. Actually it makes life seem sort of pointless – is there actually anything good worth looking forward to? Thankfully, that’s not the end of it. People are always going to fall short of our expectations, things are never going to turn out the way we want them to all of the time. Our deepest dreams and desires may never come true. But there is one thing that remains, one thing that will never leave us, or let us down, or fail to live up to its expectations – God. He is always there, He never changes, constantly perfect. Through all the crap we go, He’s right there, right beside us, going through it all as well. He’s not waiting for us to reach that place of perfection, because He knows that we can’t get there. When we fall apart and our world comes crashing down, God remains, a firm foundation – indeed the only foundation on which we should rest our lives, because He is the only foundation that will never crumble or fall. In this life that is so full of uncertainty, so full of hurt and pain, so full of fear and worry, there is this one thing on which we can lean, this one thing that we can trust. God’s love for us overflows, we can trust in Him because He would never do anything that would hurt us – He always has our best interests in mind.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11, (NIV).
I appreciate that this is pretty heavy, and probably comes across as quite ‘in-your-face’. I want to make it clear that I’m not trying to thrust this down anyone’s throat, I’m not trying to force anyone to believe anything. When you find something or someone amazing, it’s natural to want to tell other people about it. I’m crazy about this stuff because it is the best thing I have ever come across. That is why I’m so adamant – I’m passionate and unashamed about it.
I’m not going to say that you should do anything apart from listen to this guy… Forgetting the lyrics, the music’s really good, and he has a nice voice. Here is a link to a YouTube video with the lyrics to his song, Behind The Beauty. (Sorry, embedding is disabled). Enjoy!
