Thrones (Touch the Sky)

What fortune lies beyond stars
 Those dazzling heights too vast to climb
 I got so high to fall so far
 But I found Heaven as love swept low
 My heart beating
 My soul breathing
 I found my life when I laid it down
 Upward falling, spirit souring
 I touch the sky when my knees hit the ground.
 I remember that Jesus said once
 "What good is it if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul"
 But I didn't know how easy that was
 How quickly it would come to me, the thrones that were offered me
 The world had convinced me that prestige and status was
 What I needed in order to be worth something
 And I exalted it, with both of my hands I had reached for it
 Never stopping to realize I was worshiping it,
 Spending years of my life Living for the
 Hype, thinking it would gain me acceptance
 Sacrificing time with God for time for success
 Thinking it would all be worth it
 Spending my day saying if I look this way or live this way
 Or if people label me this way, then my life will be significant
 And I began to feel the rush of the love of the world
 It was pretty easy to achieve it. Imagine my surprise
 When the status quo changed, and the race hadn't ended
 I had been running towards an imaginary finish line
 A made up goal that was misleading
 Living to please the world was simple but simply unfulfilling
 Really, it will never satisfy
 The world well will always run dry
 Its standards keep changing, its beauty is fading
 Its measuring stick of value is bending, and ultimately
 It has left me empty inside.
 And as I sought God's face
 It had been a long time since I had asked Him to fill me
 As I slowed down my pace
 It had been a long time since I made Him a priority
 As I came back to this place
 It had been a long time since I listened to what He thought of me
 He says I am loved for who I am
 No matter what the world says of me
 He says I don't have to earn His love, He gives it to us freely
 He says that when we ask Him to fill us, He will satisfy us completely
 He says we can spend our whole lives searching the world for purpose
 But the place of surrender is the place where God wants us
 God I remember the days I used to know You so personally
 Speak to You so intimately, but at one point in my life
 I had made a trade and I gave up Your presence for my convenience
 Traded seeking your spirit to be more productive
 I gave up my first love, my best friend so I could be impressive
 But now I know without question
 Gaining the world was not worth it
 The price for my pride was too expensive
 It cost me the very essence of who You made me to be
 Finding rest and value in the simple fact that You created me
 And even knowing we would worship the things of the world
 And settle for man-made dreams, knowing we would worship success over
 Your spirit, still You sent Your Son for me
 In a world begging to be leaders, Jesus came to be a servant
 Offensive and unheard of for royalty
 What kind of king forfeits his
 Throne for a chance to wash a sinner's feet
 The greatest love swept so low for a chance to know you and me
 I am done reaching for the thrones of the world
 They don't amount to anything
 I'm done settling for this fool's gold
 When Jesus has given us the real thing
 I want to be like You, Lord,
 Throwing away thrones to know the true king
 I come back to this place, Lord, where You alone are my everything
 My heart beating, my soul breathing
 I found my life, when I laid it down
 Upward falling, spirit souring
 I touch the sky, when my knees hit the ground.
 I remember that Moses said once
 God, if You do not personally go
 With us, do not lead us up from this place
 So now on my face, this is my prayer today
 I see all the thrones, all the places I could go
 Paths for my life the world deems attractive
 But if You don't go with me personally, I don't want it
 If Your presence doesn't come with me, I don't need it
 If I don't have the discipline to
 Stop and remember it is all about You
 Then all the world's riches, please take me far from it
 I see success at my doorstep,
 I see the world loving what has become of me Nobody
 Says how easy it would be to gain the whole world and
 How having a healthy soul didn't come easily
 But God, now it is clear to me
 Resting in Your presence is where I find my identity
 There is no value in any of this if You are not near to me
 If I am not on my knees, if I am not in Your word
 If I am not listening to Your tugging on my heart
 Then I am not where I need to be
 If I am not where You are
 I want to be close to You, I want to be drowned in You
 I want to be filled with the freedom only found in You
 I want to grasp every part of You, I want to know how to be like You
 More than anything, I want to fall more deeply in love with You
 So find me here at Your feet again,
 Everything I am, reaching out I surrender
 No throne, no kingdom is better than in You being found
 So to touch the sky, my knees hit the ground
 Find me here at Your feet again
 Everything I am, reaching out I surrender
 Come sweep me up in Your love again
 And my soul will dance on the wings of forever.
 Find me here at Your feet again
 Everything I am, reaching out I surrender
 Come sweep me up in Your love again
 And my soul will dance on the wings of forever.
 My heart beating (finally my heart beating)
 My soul breathing (finally my soul breathing)
 I found my life (to find You)
 When I laid it down (when I lay it all down)
 Upward falling (falling more in love with You)
 Spirit souring (my spirit finds rest in You)
 I touch the sky (Reaching towards You)
 When my knees hit the ground (my knees hit the ground)
 My heart beating (finally my heart beating)
 My soul breathing (finally my soul breathing)
 I found my life (to find You)
 When I laid it down (when I lay it all down)
 Upward falling (falling more in love with You)
 Spirit souring (my spirit finds rest in You)
 I touch the sky (Reaching towards You)
 When my knees hit the ground (my knees hit the ground)
 Find me here at Your feet again
 Everything I am, reaching out I surrender
 Come sweep me up in your love again
 And my soul will dance on the wings of forever
 Upward falling (falling more in love with You)
 Spirit souring (my spirit finds rest in You)
 I touch the sky (Reaching towards You)
 When my knees hit the ground (my knees hit the ground)