The primary theme of this blog is “joy”. But like so many things in life, there are two sides. With joy, there is the possibility of sorrow; with victory, there is the possibility of defeat. For all of the people who hear the message of Jesus to come to peace and escape destruction, there are still so many who hear and yet reject the lifeline thrown to them.
Bob Ayala released the album Rescued on Keith Green‘s Pretty Good Records label in 1985. This track, It’s My Dream, describes the tragedy of anyone who has heard God’s message (regardless of the source), and decides to wait “until tomorrow” to take care of “that religious stuff”.
So, returning back to the theme of this blog, where is the joy? This song describes the person who rejected their rescue, which is the antithesis of joy. The joy is in the person who decides not to wait, and who makes that decision to grab the lifeline thrown to them, to be rescued from destruction.
How many times did you hear God
Quietly walk among your thoughts?
How many times you turned away
Something inside said you should pray
But you never needed anyone
I remember when you’d sayIt’s my dream
It’s my life
It’s my loss if I don’t make it to paradiseYou said the future is right now
Take what you can get all you know how
You were the captain of your soul
Now you lie shipwrecked in the cold
You never counted on this so soon
I remember when you’d sayIt’s my dream
It’s my life
It’s my loss if I don’t make it to paradise
So why don’t you leave me alone!Cause it’s my dream
It’s my dream
It’s my life
It’s my lossWhy did you wait?
You waited far too long
And now there is no second chance
To right where you went wrongIt’s my dream
It’s my life
It’s my lossI see the hearse, the limosine
People in black, the hills of green
You slip from view without a sound
Gently they lay you in the ground
You never counted on this so soon
I remember when you saidIt’s my dream
It’s my life
It’s my loss if I don’t make it to paradise
So now you can be all aloneIs this your dream?
Now you can be all alone…
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