“Take my hand,
take
my whole life too
For I can't help falling
For I can't help falling
in love with you.”
Do the
above words sound familiar to you? Your answer might depend on your
age.
Elvis
Presley preformed this ballad in the 1961 film, Blue
Hawaii. This is a love song sung by a man to his sweetheart. It
has been sung by other secular artists ever since Elvis made it a hit
over fifty years ago.
Believe
it or not, we sang this chorus during worship service at church
today. My husband and I attended a certain church because we wanted
to enjoy worshiping with that particular congregation. This song was chosen as
the final hymn of a wonderful half-hour of singing praise songs to
the Lord.
Read
these words again: “Take my hand, take my whole life too, for I
can't help falling in love with you.” As we sang these lines
softly to the Lord, we sang it as a commitment to give our
hands (our activities) and our total life to God as a demonstration
of how much we love him.
Now
read the lines once again, but with a different emphasis:
“Take my hand, take my whole life too, for I can't help falling
in love with you.” The Lord invites you to take his hand, to
live a life of holiness through the power of his Holy Spirit. He
loved us to the highest degree when he died on a cross to redeem us
from our sins. He paid the ultimate price because he loves you and me
with unwavering mercy.
"For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,
that
whoever believes in him
should not perish
but have eternal life.”
John
3:16 ESV
