More Than Enough

I have this pet peeve, well, actually I have tons of them, but here is one that really gets me. We sing a lot of songs "to" God, but in reality we don't mean what we sing. I guess I will confess (that rhymed) that I do it too. I "feel" the songs when I sing them, in my heart and my mind I mean them, but if I think very long about the words at all, I don't know that I DO mean them. For example, today we were singing the Chris Tomlin song (big shock, aren't they all written by Chris Tomlin?) More Than Enough.

I'm posting all of the words because I really want you to read them and THINK about what they mean.

All of You is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You is more than enough

You're my supply
My breath of life still more awesome than I know
You're my rewardWorth living forstill more awesome than I know

You’re my sacrifice
Of greatest price and still more awesome than I know
You’re my coming King
You're my everything and still more awesome than I know

Chorus:
More than all I want
More than all I need
You are more than enough for me
More than all I know
More than all I can see
You are more than enough for me

So, I was standing there singing, "More than all I want, more than all I need, you are more than enough for me" and suddenly I looked up at those words on the screen and I THOUGHT about what I was singing, what I was saying to God, and I stopped singing. I thought to myself, and I said to God, "Do I mean this God? Are you more than all I want, more than all I need?" and oh I was so convicted, because sadly, the answer was no. I could immediately think of things I wanted more than I wanted God at that moment. I wanted my broken arm to stop hurting. I wanted my husband to be sitting next to me. I wanted my friend's baby to be safely tucked back in her womb for another week, and if that wasn't possible, then I wanted for him to be home, healthy and whole. I wanted that same friend's faith to be intact. And that was my quick list.

All that to say, I think I . . . we . . . I should be more careful about what I am saying "singing" to God as praise. Because the reality was, today, I was singing a lie. That gives me a lot to think about.