The events of this story actually happened to me. The song kind of goes with how I felt. For my friends' sake, I will not be using names in this story.
Disclaimer: Voice of Truth belongs to Casting Crowns.
It started out as a Wednesday night like any other. Our youth minister made the announcements, we had worship, then the middle school and high school split up like we always do. But this time, our middle school minister had something different planned. He asked two of the boys to leave the room. They were told that they would be pretending to be on a roller coaster, but when they left, the middle school minister told us that we would be pretending they were on the toilet. We watched the skit, everyone thought it was funny. I couldn't believe that they'd done this in the church! It was totally wrong! I knew I should say something.
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown
Where Jesus is
And he's holdin' out his hand
I looked around. apparently I was the only one who saw anything wrong with this skit. Everyone else was still smiling.
But the waves are callin' out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again
You'll never win
You'll never win
I couldn't ignore the feeling anymore. I opened my Bible to Philippians 4:8. I raised my hand.
But the voice of truth
Tells me a different story
The voice of truth
Says 'Do not be afraid'
And the voice of truth
Says 'This is for my glory'
Out of all the voices callin' out to me
I will choose to listen and believe
The voice of truth
When the middle school minister called on me, I said, "That skit we just did was wrong! Philippians 4:8 says 'Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.'" Then I looked him straight in the eye and said, "Was there anything excellent or praiseworthy about that skit?" He replied. "Ah, there was nothing wrong with it." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. They blew me off!
But the giant's callin' out my name
And he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on tellin' me
Time and time again
You'll never win
You'll never win
But somehow I knew I'd done the right thing. My parents talked to him. He didn't agree with what we said, but he hasn't done any skits like that since. I'm glad that I stood up that night.
But the stone was just the right size To put the giant on the ground
And the waves, they don't seem so high
On top of them, lookin' down
I'll soar with the wings of eagles
When I stop and listen to the
Sound of Jesus
Singing over me
But the voice of truth
Tells me a different story
The voice of truth
Says 'Do not be afraid'
And the voice of truth
Says 'This is for my glory'
Out of all the voices callin' out to me
I will choose to listen and believe
The voice of truth
I will listen and believe
I will listen and believe
Cause Jesus you are the voice of truth
And I will listen to you…