Lord, I come, I confess
Bowing here, I find my rest
Without You, I fall apart
You’re the One that guides my heart

Lord, I need You
Oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You

Where sin runs deep
Your grace is more
Where grace is found, is where You are
Where You are, Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me

Lord, I need You
Oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You

Teach my song
To rise to you
When temptation comes my way,
When I cannot stand
I’ll fall on You
Jesus, You’re my hope and stay

Lord, I need You
Oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
You’re my one defense,
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
My one defense,
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You

If I had to give you an anthem for my life it would be – Lord I Need You by Matt Maher. It sums up my walk as a Christian. I need God every single second of every single day and sometimes I need to remind myself of this at various points along the day. He’s my everything. There are days when I feel like life is getting the best of me and I just start to quietly sing the chorus of this song – Lord I Need You, Oh I need You, every hour I need You. In fact just before I started to type this devotional, I found myself in a situation which required an immediate connection to our Lord. Why not sing Him this chorus and reach out to Him both through words and song? I think God likes it when we call on Him throughout the day. It doesn’t even have to be at a crisis point, just letting Him know that we need Him – every hour or every day – I imagine that brings a smile to His face as we draw nearer to Him. To keep that constant flow of communication keeps us on track and brings us a sense of peace that only He can provide.

Let’s look at Hebrews 4:16 – Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. We need to have that confidence that we can go to our Lord whenever we need to. Whatever our time of need may be, it doesn’t matter how big or how small, we can approach Him and lay our requests at His feet.

I love the fact that the Lord speaks to me through Contemporary Christian music. I am thankful that He draws me close and lightens my load through prayer and music reflection. Jesus called on the Lord, especially during His last hour on earth. In Matthew 27:46 we read ^“About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

We know the end of the story and God certainly didn’t forsaken Jesus, though I can’t imagine what type of physical, emotional, and spiritual pain He was going through, but Jesus approached God’s throne with grace and confidence and we too can do the same.

Prayer

Lord we need You, oh how we need You. Every hour we need You, Draw us closer to You, through songs, prayer, Bible study, and whatever it takes, move our hearts closer to You. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.