Status Seeker

Status Seeker

Heart sick at the sight of the
Status Seeker
In a sense I'm not beyond reproach
the aspiration to drop a name
When any rose might smell the same
Maybe you'll figure it out someday
"I want to know you now...
You know I've always believed in you."

Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your
judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were
unable to see

In a garden where the seeds were
spilled
I favored the few that stood strong
in the sun
As I reached for the profit of my prize
I found I had trampled the forgotten
ones

Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your
judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were
unable to see

You're running in circles
And I'm turning away
You refused to believe
Now I'm turning away

Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your
judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were
unable to see

You're running in circles
And I'm turning away
You refused to believe
Now I'm turning away

Alo! So our 2^nd song by the best band ever. I am not the most familiar with the lyrics for When Dream and Day Unite, but so far they are pretty sick and thought provoking. I am not entirely sure what the meaning of this song is, but it seems to be talking about the danger and opportunities that are missed when one acts to gain money, power, and fame. As a Christian this is a very familiar concept. Jesus said, “whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?” A live lived for money, power, and fame is a sad life of emptiness. Yet, sadly, it is what our sin desires most. Our sin desires misery.

So I want to be a minister. I believe God has called me to preach His word and shepherd some of His people. I don’t want to be a Status Seeker. Oh, how easy it is to be a Status Seeking minister! You are the person that people look to for spiritual guidance and turn to in their time of need. You are the one that people must submit too. You are the person that people tell how much God has blessed you and is blessing them through him. You can say to God be the glory, but that God you talk about is actually yourself. You can walk around with false humility saying I am such a wretched human. I am so disgusting. The only good in me is by God’s grace. But you don’t believe a word of that crap. You know you are a good person and God is privileged to have you. You know you are worthy of praise. I don’t want to be the person. I already feel the temptation and pull to be such a minister and I am not even one yet. When I teach I am so tempted to take glory for myself and sadly I do sometimes. I am so good at faking humility…so good I fake myself sometimes. I want glory. I want fame. I want power. But it is not worth it! I need God. I need Jesus. I need Him. There is none like Him. He truly is worthy of praise. He puts up with my disgusting pride. He loves me anyway. All I can do is pray to God for true humility and that I would seek Him, who truly matters, and not worldly things. Keep it real. Peace.