Yesterday in church, one of our pastors played a song called "According to You". This song really struck a chord with me. Here are the lyrics, read on and I'll comment after.
According To You lyrics
Songwriters: Diamond, Steve; Frampton, Andrew;
"According to you I'm stupid, I'm useless
I can't do anything right
According to you I'm difficult, hard to please
Forever changing my mind
I'm a mess in a dress, can't show up on time
Even if it would save my life
According to you, according to you
But according to him I'm beautiful, incredible
He can't get me out of his head
According to him I'm funny, irresistible
Everything he ever wanted
Everything is opposite, I don't feel like stopping it
So baby tell me what I got to lose
He's into me for everything I'm not
According to you
According to you I'm boring, I'm moody
And you can't take me any place
According to you I suck at telling jokes
Cause I always give it away
I'm the girl with the worst attention span
You're the boy who puts up with that
According to you, according to you
But according to him I'm beautiful, incredible
He can't get me out of his head
According to him I'm funny, irresistible
Everything he ever wanted
Everything is opposite, I don't feel like stopping it
So baby tell me what I got to lose
He's into me for everything I'm not
According to you
I need to feel appreciated
Like I'm not hated, oh no
Why can't you see me through his eyes?
It's too bad, you're making me dizzy
But according to me you're stupid, you're useless
You can't do anything right
But according to him I'm beautiful, incredible
He can't get me out of his head
According to him I'm funny, irresistible
Everything he ever wanted
Everything is opposite, I don't feel like stopping it
Baby tell me what I got to lose
He's into me for everything I'm not
According to you, you
According to you, you
According to you I'm stupid, I'm useless
I can't do anything right."
Alright, so when I heard this song, I couldn't help but hear the words of people in my life throwing lies at me. "You're lazy!" "You're a liar!" "You're unreliable!" "You're selfish!" "You're insatiable!" "You're materialistic!" "You can't handle it." "You're doing it wrong." These, are the devil's lies. I, am a child of Christ. I speak the truth, I do a lot of things, seen and unseen for His glory. I am reliable and I give my life for Jesus. I don't think as a stay-at-home, home-schooling, mother of 3 children, ages 6, 4 and almost 1, has a lot of time to be selfish. If anything, maybe I need to be a little more selfish and take more time out of my life, for me, to do the growing I want to do as a child of God. I want to strengthen who I am in Him, not draw on the weakness of my flesh and not to have earthly people tell me what I'm not, but to live in the knowledge of who I am in Him, Jesus Christ.
I believe this song could be seen several ways. One way is for a girl with a choice to make about who treats her well. Another ways is to see the "you" as the world, and the "he" as God. The way I see it is that the "you" is the words of the devil, trying to come into my life and tear apart the fabric of Jesus in my life. "He" is the one and only He. "He" is the "I am." "He" is Jesus. To Him, I am beautiful. To Him, I am incredible, worth dying for. He can't get me out of His head. When I do something silly, I think He laughs with me. He cannot resist me, He pursues me. He wants more of me. He wants more time with me. He wants to know me more! The best part of it is that He already knows me, and loves me anyway, and died for me anyway, and wants more of me anyway! I'm not perfect, and He knows it. He's into me for everything you say I'm not.
If you have to, read the lyrics again. Don't listen to the lies of the enemy, but of the promises of the Lord. He has a plan for me. He's calling me. He's calling you too. He is passionate about me. Look my way, look my way....look my way..........look my way, my love. He's drawing me closer. He beckons me! Lord thank you for your relentless love.
He is my fact checker. I don't have to believe anything not in His book. He knows me. He knows who I am. He knows my heart. He knows my intentions. He is my God!
Blessings all, be intentional!
