I Want Different

That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.
2nd Corinthians 4:16-18 NLT

For several weeks, it's been rolling around in my spirit, but I just couldn't seem to put it in words. Tonight, on my way from our Life Group meeting, this song immediately came on the radio. It was then I realized I didn't have to put it in words. God had already given the words to Micah Tyler. It's a prayer from my heart, as well. (The YouTube link is below the lyrics.)

I don't want to hear anymore
Teach me to listen
I don't want to see anymore
Give me a vision
That You could move this heart to be set apart

I don't need to recognize the man in the mirror
I don't want to trade Your plan for something familiar
I can't waste a day
I can't stay the same

Chorus:
I want to be different
I want to be changed
Until all of me is gone
And all that remains
Is a fire so bright
The whole world can see
That there's something different
So come and be different
In me

I don’t want to spend my life stuck in a pattern
I don't want to gain this world but lose what matters
So I'm giving up everything because

Chorus

I know that I am far from perfect
But through You, the cross still says I'm worth it
So take this beating in my heart
Come and finish what You started
When they see me, let them see You
Because I just want to be different


Chorus (and my Prayer):

Father,

I want to be different
I want to be changed
Until all of me is gone
And all that remains
Is a fire so bright
The whole world can see
That there's something different
So come and be different
In me
I just want to be different
So could You be different in me?

In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUT4trsrBCw