Dau 31: Christ Tomlin - Arriving

We sing at least one Chris Tomlin song at our church every week. He has written so many great worship songs now that it's almost hard to keep track of them.

And that kind of the point with Tomlin. He doesn't want the credit. He is a humble guy and loves the Lord and just want to offer up songs for the church to sing.

It all sort of started with Arriving. "Holy Is The Lord" is a great song that I played two weeks ago with my church worship band on a Sunday morning. "How Great Is Our God" is the most sung worship song in the United States and possibly the world, and it will never get old. Time magazine said it's like "sticky white rice in your brain."

But my favorite song here is "Your Grace Is Enough". It's fun to play with a band, but the message cuts right through me. There is so much I think I really need down here; approval of men, a big bank account, accomplishments etc. But what I really need and crave for is God's love. All mankind does, we just don't know it. It's the "God shaped hole" that Pascal the mathematician talked about. We can try to fill the hole with all kinds of junk, but it is really the love and grace of God that fill us up and give us peace.

God's grace (shown best in His Son Jesus' death for us on the cross and subsequent resurrection) is enough for all of us. If we could just see this then we would stop striving and start both resting in God's love and loving our neighbor as ourselves.

Great batch of songs I know we'll be singing in Heaven someday.