" I am yours" - Hillsong united "Oceans"
While singing the song Oceans in church today, this particular line stuck out to me because of how decentralizing it is. I cannot count the number of times I have heard or sung this song, but this line has never stuck out so drastically to me. When Benson talks about the posture of decentralization he says our approach should be "I belong to you". That's exactly what we were singing--God I am yours! and only because I am yours first you are mine. When I decenter myself the relationship becomes more reciprocal. When I stop asking God for things that I need and simply give my whole self to him then the dialogue begins and I enter into an I-Thou relationship instead of a relationship where I am only taking. By singing this line I am literally praying to God to have his will in my life; that my life will be about what he is doing and not what I am doing.
This song also opens up with a focus on being called and responding, like Samuel did in his prayer--"You call me out upon the waters...And I will call upon your name". Here the song hits on the idea that we are not the origin, but we respond to a call from God. Recognizing that we are not the origin again plays into the theme of the line"I am yours".
This has always been a favorite song of mine, but it has made its way closer to the top now because of the new light that Benson's book has shed on the lyrics!
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