The Gospel According to Incubus, Part 2 - March 23, 2007

Do you ever feel like your going to explode?  I do.  The irony is that the feeling that I am about to blow up comes from various angles.  On one hand, I feel like I’m going to explode when the stress of living seems to get the best of me.  On the flip side, when I am walking closely with Jesus, I am on fire for Him and so in a good since I feel like I am going to burst into flames. 

Here is the first stanza of the song Pardon Me by the band Incubus:

A decade ago
I never thought I would be
At twenty three
On the verge of spontaneous combustion
Woe-is-me
But I guess that it comes
With the territory
An ominous landscape of never ending calamity
I need you to hear
I need you to see
That I have had all I can take
And exploding seems like
A definite possibility to me

Obviously in the context of this lyric, Brandon Boyd is talking about a time when he is frustrated with the world and all the negativity that comes with it.  Unfortunately for me I would say that I feel this way quite a bit (especially in Seattle traffic).  That is when I can turn to God and tell Him, “I need You to hear, I need You to see, that I have had all I can take.” It is there that I sense Jesus inviting me to enter into His rest and peace… even in the midst of a traffic jam! 

Posted by matthew gamble on March 23, 2007 at 04:25 PM
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