Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Osmosis Land

I was asked to do the devotion for last Monday's School Council meeting, so I'd decided to redo Earthsuit's Osmosis Land sermon from a couple of years ago. I forgot to bring the shirt though! Billy was after the song for one of his kids, so after googling it up it looks like it's on Rhapsody.


Pretty powerful lyrics to dig into:

Every night and every single day
The sun will rise, the moon it will fade
And in our web idols were spun
Caught up in oblivion

So we come with the song, come with the sword
Come with the image of the Son
Come with the song, come with the sword
What we behold we become

Living in osmosis land
Living in osmosis land
Come on and bring up, bring the swing
Everybody get up
Bring up, bring the swing, let my God erupt
In this land of Osmosis
Come on and bring up, bring the swing
Everybody get up
Bring up, bring the swing,
let my God erupt
In this land of Osmosis


The main thrust of it ties into one of my favourite verses:

Romans 12:2 (The Message)
Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.