all i need

So this past weekend my church hosted a concert for Bethany Dillon to perform as well as PW Gopal. If you havent heard of Bethany Dillon, she's originally from Ohio and has been writing songs since her early teenage years and has used her talent to as of now have three cd's and have two of her songs be in well-known movies in the theatre. Being at the concert, it was awesome to see not only her singing her songs for us, but for the main reason she writes her songs, and that's for Jesus. By the end of the night, she had asked everyone in the audience to sing worship songs along with her. As I closed my eyes and began to sing, I heard all these voices around me and it was so amazing to experience the body of Christ coming together. At first, we came to hear a singer perform, but then left worshipping our Lord and Savior. One of the reasons I look up to Bethany Dillon so much is because she can speak of her faith and struggles so well through her songs and has a real heart for serving our God. She humbles herself by making her concert not about her, but about Jesus and honoring HIS name. One of my favorite songs of hers is entitled, "All I Need," and after hearing her sing it and listening to it again, I feel like this song is where I am at this point in my life, trying to realize my need needs to be found in Jesus, and Jesus alone. Here are the lyrics:

When the day is done
And there's no one else around
While I'm lying here in bed
You're in my heart, You're in my head
You're all I need, You're all I need
There are a million voices Calling out my name
But You're the One I want to hear
So make the others disappear

You are all I need when I'm surrounded
You are all I need if I'm by myself
You fill me when I'm empty
There is nothing else You're all I need

When the morning comes
And Your mercy is renewed
There's a fire in my bones
I'm not afraid to go alone
You're all I need You're all I need
The sun on my face I hear You whisper loud
You're still the God that opens seas
Every flower, even me
You're all I need You're all I need

I'm drawn to everything that You do
Nothing compares with You

This song best describes how we, as Christians, have the great privelage to know that Jesus is all we need in this life and he will fill us when we're empty and he'll be right by our side when we're feeling alone. And when there are so many other voices calling out to us, telling us this or that, or what to do, we realize God's voice is the only voice that matters. As broken people in a fallen world, we have a need to feel whole and to feel loved, which is sometimes hard to find. The good news is, God offers us his Son so He can fill that emptiness, brokenness, and that all encompassing need. And nothing and noone else can satisfy that need except Jesus.