Let’s Show Them The Way!
One of my college bud's made a post on a forum we both frequent that included this video and the lyrics. If you follow me at all, you know I am a huge Dennis DeYoung and Styx fan, but this song tonight came at just a moment for me that brought me to tears. I had just a little earlier been talking with someone on the phone that had expressed exactly the thoughts of this song. This person told me how they wanted so desperately to believe in God, but they had been so disillusioned by so many church and ministry scandals, seen so many Ted Haggard's who preached for years against homosexuality and then it is discovered he has used illicit drugs and met with male prostitutes, and then comes out and declares he is bi-sexual. He went through a litany of other preachers and ministry scandals and I have to be honest and say that I can understand why he (and countless others) feel so confused and wounded. I'm not trying to cast stones at anyone... but the facts are the facts... the church has done a great job of confusing the issue for many. As DeYoung says in this song:
All the heroes and legends
I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay
And I feel this empty place inside
So afraid that I've lost my faith
One of the key issues, I believe, is something I've been preaching about for the last several weeks; and that is that the church and her preachers have by and large fallen guilty of talking about the power of God, but there has been no TRUE display of the power of God for the world to see. I'm not talking about man made attempts to show forth the power of God. I'm sick and tired of the tricks and games that people play with glitter they try to pass off as gold and other trickery. We don't need another image of Jesus or Mary in a pancake or in the shadows on a wall. I'm talking miracles, signs and wonders that the Word of God says will follow after them that believe. The real deal is there. I've witnessed deaf ears opened. I've seen the doctors xrays that prove someone with critical liver damage was given a new liver. I've seen a baby that was dead in the womb for 6 weeks brought to life and come out normal (today she is a school teacher and a pastor's wife!) The miracles are real and God does not need us trying to help him out with the fake stuff.
There is a world out there that echoes the words of Styx: Show Me The Way!
Church arise! Let's show them the way!
Every night I say a prayer
In the hopes that there's a Heaven
But everyday I'm more confused
As the saints turn into sinners
All the heroes and legends
I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay
And I feel this empty place inside
So afraid that I've lost my faith
Show me the way, show me the way
Take me tonight to the river
And wash my illusions away
Please show me the way
And as I slowly drift to sleep
For a moment dreams are sacred
I close my eyes and know there's peace
In a world so filled with hatred
That I wake up each morning and turn on the news
To find we've so far to go
And I keep on hoping for a sign
So afraid I just won't know
Show me the way, show me the way
Bring me tonight to the mountain
And take my confusion away
And show me the way
And if I see a light, should I believe?
Tell me how will I know?
Show me the way, show me the way
Take me tonight to the river
And wash my illusions away
Show me the way, show me the way
Give me the strength and the courage
To believe that I'll get there someday
And please show me the way
Every night I say a prayer
In the hopes that there's a Heaven
All the heroes and legends
I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay
And I feel this empty place inside
So afraid that I've lost my faith
One of the key issues, I believe, is something I've been preaching about for the last several weeks; and that is that the church and her preachers have by and large fallen guilty of talking about the power of God, but there has been no TRUE display of the power of God for the world to see. I'm not talking about man made attempts to show forth the power of God. I'm sick and tired of the tricks and games that people play with glitter they try to pass off as gold and other trickery. We don't need another image of Jesus or Mary in a pancake or in the shadows on a wall. I'm talking miracles, signs and wonders that the Word of God says will follow after them that believe. The real deal is there. I've witnessed deaf ears opened. I've seen the doctors xrays that prove someone with critical liver damage was given a new liver. I've seen a baby that was dead in the womb for 6 weeks brought to life and come out normal (today she is a school teacher and a pastor's wife!) The miracles are real and God does not need us trying to help him out with the fake stuff.
There is a world out there that echoes the words of Styx: Show Me The Way!
Church arise! Let's show them the way!
Every night I say a prayer
In the hopes that there's a Heaven
But everyday I'm more confused
As the saints turn into sinners
All the heroes and legends
I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay
And I feel this empty place inside
So afraid that I've lost my faith
Show me the way, show me the way
Take me tonight to the river
And wash my illusions away
Please show me the way
And as I slowly drift to sleep
For a moment dreams are sacred
I close my eyes and know there's peace
In a world so filled with hatred
That I wake up each morning and turn on the news
To find we've so far to go
And I keep on hoping for a sign
So afraid I just won't know
Show me the way, show me the way
Bring me tonight to the mountain
And take my confusion away
And show me the way
And if I see a light, should I believe?
Tell me how will I know?
Show me the way, show me the way
Take me tonight to the river
And wash my illusions away
Show me the way, show me the way
Give me the strength and the courage
To believe that I'll get there someday
And please show me the way
Every night I say a prayer
In the hopes that there's a Heaven
