Only You

I'm in my office this morning as is normal for me on a Friday and was listening to music on Zune (no I don't have an iPod) and the song "Only You" by David Crowder came on. First of all, let me say that I really love this song. For some reason it really speaks to me. I love to lead worship and it's always amazed me how something can be so corporate and so individual at the same time. We all know that God has called us to be a part of the body, a corporate entity with a singular purpose, but God has also spoken to us each individually and distinctly. My walk is often very different from those with whom I am the closest.

How is it, then, that we can say to anyone that their experience with Christ must be uniform with ours? How is it that we can tell everyone they must experience God in the same way we do? There are obviously areas in which we must be dogmatic, areas where there can be no deviation, such as the saving power of Jesus and the belief that he is the only way to God, but as far as the liturgy we use in a corporate sense, who decided that all Baptists behave this way and all Methodists behave this other way?

I know this is a long way from "Only You" but it's a conversation I think the church at large should have with itself. Who are we anyway except sinners saved by grace? The most powerful testimony we have is our own experience with Christ and what's amazing is that no one can deny it. I leave with this. I love the chorus of this song. I think it reflects in the simplest possible terms the heart of a believer.

And I will worship
You, Lord, only You, Lord
And I will bow down
Before You, only You, Lord
~David Crowder* Band