Empty Me

Many of you American Idol fans will remember Chris Sligh from a few years ago. A great voice with a head full of hair. Chris has released a new CD. One of the songs, "Empty Me," has been played on Christian radio. This song speaks to me, challenges me, and causes me to examine my own life. Read these words:

I’ve had just enough
Of the spotlight when it burns bright
To see how it gets in the blood
I’ve tasted my share
Of the sweet life and the wild ride
And found a little is not quite enough
I know how I can stray
And how fast my heart could change

Chorus:
Empty me of the selfishness inside
Every vain ambition and the poison of my pride
And any foolish thing my heart holds onto
Lord, empty me of me so I can be filled with You

I’ve seen just enough
Of the quick buys of the best lies
To know how prodigals can be drawn away
I know how I can stray
And how fast my heart could change

‘Cause everything is a lesser thing
Compared to You, compared to You
‘Cause everything is a lesser thing
Compared to You, so I surrender all

Several lines of the song challenge me - the chorus especially.
There have been several mornings in the past few weeks that these words come to my mind when I wake in the morning. Is God trying to tell me something? Is this something which you need to be reminded? Because "everything is a lesser thing, compared to" God.

Join me in praying "Lord, empty me of me so I can be filled with You."