you got me.
I'm listening to Pandora and Colbie Caillat's song "You Got Me" comes on. Just listening to it casually, it's a fun catchy song. It's cute. It's fun. It's easy to catch onto, so I found myself singing it then realized what I was singing. I looked up the lyrics, and this song is a blueprint of how our society views relationships and "love" contrary to what Jesus commands.
"You Got Me"
You're stuck on me and my laughing eyes
I can't pretend though I try to hide -
I like you. I like you.
I think I felt my heart skip a beat
I'm standing here and I can hardly breathe -
You got me. You got me.
The way you take my hand is just so sweet
And that crooked smile of yours it knocks me off my feet
[Chorus:]
Oh, I just can't get enough
How much do I need to fill me up.
It feels so good it must be love
It's everything that I've been dreaming of.
I give up. I give in. I let go. Let's begin.
Cause no matter what I do,
Oh (oh) my heart is filled with you.
I can't imagine what it'd be like
Living each day in this life -
Without you. Without you.
One look from you I know you understand
This mess we're in you know is just so out of hand.
[Chorus}
I hope we always feel this way (I know we will)
And in my heart I know that you will always stay
Oh, I just can't get enough
How much do I need to fill me up.
It feels so good it must be love
I give up. I give in. I let go. Let's begin.
Cause no matter what I do,
[Chorus]
Oh (oh)
You got me. You got me.
Oh (oh)
You got me. You got me.
"How much do I need to fill me up?"
"I give up. I give in."
"My heart is filled with you."
"I can't imagine what it would be like living each day without you."
"It feels so good."
Our culture (and every culture, past present future) looks to people to satisfy and fill, specifically in the opposite sex/romantic relationships. Not even counting those outside of Christ, this is true of believers! Men are look for a perfect submissive wife who happens to look like a model. (ps. she's not real) Once they get "her", their wondering eyes and mind battle with lust will evaporate. Looking to women to heal, instead of Christ and His power. Woman have a false expectation that "everything will be better" once they get their boyfriend or husband. They won't be lonely anymore. Finances will settle. A wondering, fickle heart will cease. They'll finally feel beautiful every day. They won't struggle with discontentment anymore. NOT TRUE!!! A friend of mine told me once of my previous expectations: "You would have crucified a man with those." SO TRUE. Men (and women) make absolutely terrible gods. Yet, our culture encourages that. It encourages relationships so that "void is filled." It encourages you to pursue was "feels right and good." The thought of "losing" someone (physically, emotionally, sexually, mentally) makes us want to kill ourselves, if that doesn't actually happen. We have placed all our hope in man. What a terrifying place to be in.
Romans 1:25 calls this idolatry.
They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!
When we place all our value, hope, identity, fulfillment, satisfaction on something, we are bound to them. We become their slave. What are you bound by? What are you a slave to? They rule you.
That same friend who told me my expectations would crucify a man, told me later "Someone was already crucified for that." PRAISE GOD. This is our hope. My struggle with idolatry and placing my hope on a future husband has been crucified and paid for on the cross at calvary. Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. My sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow!
I'm reminded of 2 Corinthians 4:16-18:
We do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient (MW - "passing especially quickly into and out of existence"), but the things that are unseen are eternal (MW - "having infinite (endless) duration").
Jesus is forever. And in Him is all hope, love, faithfulness, joy. Pursue Him.
"You Got Me"
You're stuck on me and my laughing eyes
I can't pretend though I try to hide -
I like you. I like you.
I think I felt my heart skip a beat
I'm standing here and I can hardly breathe -
You got me. You got me.
The way you take my hand is just so sweet
And that crooked smile of yours it knocks me off my feet
[Chorus:]
Oh, I just can't get enough
How much do I need to fill me up.
It feels so good it must be love
It's everything that I've been dreaming of.
I give up. I give in. I let go. Let's begin.
Cause no matter what I do,
Oh (oh) my heart is filled with you.
I can't imagine what it'd be like
Living each day in this life -
Without you. Without you.
One look from you I know you understand
This mess we're in you know is just so out of hand.
[Chorus}
I hope we always feel this way (I know we will)
And in my heart I know that you will always stay
Oh, I just can't get enough
How much do I need to fill me up.
It feels so good it must be love
I give up. I give in. I let go. Let's begin.
Cause no matter what I do,
[Chorus]
Oh (oh)
You got me. You got me.
Oh (oh)
You got me. You got me.
"How much do I need to fill me up?"
"I give up. I give in."
"My heart is filled with you."
"I can't imagine what it would be like living each day without you."
"It feels so good."
Our culture (and every culture, past present future) looks to people to satisfy and fill, specifically in the opposite sex/romantic relationships. Not even counting those outside of Christ, this is true of believers! Men are look for a perfect submissive wife who happens to look like a model. (ps. she's not real) Once they get "her", their wondering eyes and mind battle with lust will evaporate. Looking to women to heal, instead of Christ and His power. Woman have a false expectation that "everything will be better" once they get their boyfriend or husband. They won't be lonely anymore. Finances will settle. A wondering, fickle heart will cease. They'll finally feel beautiful every day. They won't struggle with discontentment anymore. NOT TRUE!!! A friend of mine told me once of my previous expectations: "You would have crucified a man with those." SO TRUE. Men (and women) make absolutely terrible gods. Yet, our culture encourages that. It encourages relationships so that "void is filled." It encourages you to pursue was "feels right and good." The thought of "losing" someone (physically, emotionally, sexually, mentally) makes us want to kill ourselves, if that doesn't actually happen. We have placed all our hope in man. What a terrifying place to be in.
Romans 1:25 calls this idolatry.
They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!
When we place all our value, hope, identity, fulfillment, satisfaction on something, we are bound to them. We become their slave. What are you bound by? What are you a slave to? They rule you.
That same friend who told me my expectations would crucify a man, told me later "Someone was already crucified for that." PRAISE GOD. This is our hope. My struggle with idolatry and placing my hope on a future husband has been crucified and paid for on the cross at calvary. Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. My sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow!
I'm reminded of 2 Corinthians 4:16-18:
We do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient (MW - "passing especially quickly into and out of existence"), but the things that are unseen are eternal (MW - "having infinite (endless) duration").
Jesus is forever. And in Him is all hope, love, faithfulness, joy. Pursue Him.
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