KLOV AND JESUS AS THE GATE

KLOV. 89.1 FM in Fountain Hills is the first set on my car and house radios. It's a Christian station that plays modern praise songs. It's comtemporary and hip like me. Yea, right. It is a great station, but I have one complaint.

Why is it that I keep the praise songs I hear going around in my head all day and night long? Is the Lord trying to tell me something? Last week, for the first time I ever remember, I dreamed of a particular bible verse--Gal 22:5. When I went to the Bible I discovered I knew the verse well, and now I know I will never forget it. It's where the spiritual fruits are listed. Why did I dream it? I don't know, but in my Bible study and small group, those verses have been brought to my attention more than once. I know God speaks to us through dreams; I just don't know how. So I think He speaks to us through song as well.

A set of tri-lyrics (?) has been going through my head from KLOV. Here they are

"I wish you could see me now

I wish I could show you how

I'm not who I was."

That really describes me and anyone saved by the grace of God. In a bible study mens' group at our church, we were asked a self-evaluation question--Are you closer to Jesus now than at anytime in your life? And you know what? I could honestly answer, "Yes." I don't share that out of arrogance, but out of the context of the lyric that spoke to me. And I don't see the lyrics as boasting either. Except boasting in the Lord as we're told is the only acceptable way to boast. (Eph 2:9)

Jesus used many metaphors in His preaching. He is a vine, a rock, and a gate. He is the truth, the life, and the way. He is the shepherd who tended His flock and would lie down, serving as a gate to keep them in the pen. He is also the gate to the kingdom of God. So, I've written all that (and omitted a lot of other metaphors) to say this. Here are some more lyrics from KLOV that address eternity in Heaven.

"When I get where I'm going

There'll be only happy tears

Don't cry for me down there."

Wow. I love those sets of lyrics. Along with thousands more. Including my all time favorite, "I Can Only Imagine" and my wife's "That's Where You'll Find Me."