6. "On Fire"

6. "On Fire"

I tell you where you need to go
Tell you when you'll need to leave
I tell you what you need to know
Tell you who you need to be

But everything inside you knows
There's more than what you've heard
There's so much more than empty conversations
Filled with empty words

And you're on fire when he's near you
You're on fire when he speaks
You're on fire burning at these mysteries

Give me one more time around
Give me one more chance to see, yeah
Give me everything you are
Give me one more chance to be near you, awh

What everything inside me looks like
Everything I hate
You are the hope I have for change
You are the only chance I'll take

When I'm on fire when you're near me
And I'm on fire when you speak
And I'm on fire burning at these
Mysteries, mysteries, mysteries

You're on fire
You're on fire
You're on fire

I'm standing on the edge of me
I'm standing on the edge of me
I'm standing on the edge of me
I'm standing on the edge of me


I'm standing on the edge
of everything I've never been before
And I've been standing on the edge of me, I'm standing on the edge

And I'm on fire when you're near you
And I'm on fire when you speak
Yeah, I'm on fire burning at these mysteries

These mysteries
These mysteries
Yeah, your mystery
Yeah, your mystery




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This song, oh this is a song. I remember the first time I heard it, in 7th grade, I was amazed then, and it continues to change me. I'll always remember last year when I saw Switchfoot play this song live in Houston. It was quite a moment, something I'll never be able to put into words. Jon started before the song talking about this world we live in, darkness...then for us to all pull out our cell phones and wave them in the air. As the song started and continued the room looked like the night sky filled with stars. I then realized more about the song then I had ever imagined or thought before.

Jon gives us a great glimpse at our sanctification in Christ, "You are the hope I have for change, You are the only chance I'll take". It's so true. Our only hope is Christ, and His empty tomb in Rome. Christ has changed me, and all my chips are in on Him. God willing the only thing I'll say when bowing before Him is Jesus. Jesus did everything necessary to save me.

One of my favorite parts of the song is the bridge when Jon sings, "I'm standing on the edge of everything I've never been before, And I've been standing on the edge of me, I'm standing on the edge". I can never help picturing myself getting ready to jump out of a plane, or off a cliff, with my whole life in front of me. After knowing Jesus, seeing His light, shining is something that I'm built for/am told to do/try to do daily. "Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain"

(Philippians 2:14-16 ESV). In Christ, we are claimed, cleaned, and lit up. It's like we're all old lamps in need of a master to come along and clean restore it.