What would life be like?

I bought a new CD this evening -- What Life Would be Like by Big Daddy Weave.

Take a look at the lyrics of the title song:

He made the lame walk and the dumb talk
He opened blinded eyes to see
That the sun rises on His time
Yet he knows our deepest desperate need
And the world waits while His heart aches
To realize the dream
I wonder what life would be like if we let
Jesus live through you and me.

I've liked the tune to the song for a long time, but listening to it tonight on the way home, I heard the words in a whole new way. If we think about the life of Jesus, we know that he cured the lame, the deaf, the blind, and that's easy to see in the words of the song. But consider these alternative thoughts...

He made the lame walk -- Does he ever move us to action? Does he make us walk to somewhere we would rather not go? Across the room to help someone? Down the block to serve at the Mission? Across the street to help someone? To a neighbor's home to visit? Does he make the lame walk today?

and the dumb talk -- Has God given you words when you didn't know what to say? Have you ever been in a situation and felt moved to speak words that you later thought could not have been your own? Does he lead us to speak out against injustice, hatred, or pain? Does he make the dumb talk today?

He opened blinded eyes to see -- Are there things in the world that we close our eyes to? Does God move us to attention to something we would have ignored? Does he lead us to see a situation in a way that he sees it? Does he give us clear vision? Does he open blinded eyes to see today?

That the sun rises on His time -- Do we ever finally know that God is in control? That his ultimate will will be done? That he is God and we are not? Do we finally notice that the sun rises on his time today? This very day?

Yet he knows our deepest desperate need -- Are there times when we hold back? When we aren't honest with God? Do we really think he doesn't know the truth? Do we really think that we can hide our sins, our fears, our shortcomings from God? Do we think know one understands us? Do we finally realize that he knows our deepest desperate need, even today?

And the world waits while His heart aches ... To realize the dream -- What would happen if we finally understood that God cares about what is happening in our lives? Do we understand that his heart aches, like ours would do if a child were in trouble? Do we ever understand our position as children of God?

I wonder what life would be like if we let Jesus live through you and me. -- Are there times when we know that what we are doing is because God has called us to the ministry? Will God be able to reach people through us? What would life be life if we had faith?