Finch -- "Perfection Through Silence"

Courtesy of Total Assault

"Perfection Through Silence" Lyrics:
Alone at last
together in a photograph.
Our eyes are always open
devoted to perfection
through silence.

What am I supposed to do?
Should I sit, wait for you?
Listen to me screaming...
More!

This story is old
only to those that have no mold.
The truth can be bought or sold.
But what are we buying?
Nothing but silence.

What am I supposed to do?
Should I sit wait for you?
Listen to me screaming...
More!

Fold the corners,break the silence,
fold the corners just for tonight...
Fold the corners,break the silence,
fold the corners just for tonight...

What am I supposed to do?
Should I sit wait for you?
Listen to me screaming...
More!

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Church-goers are encouraged to sit still and wait for the religious experts to do God's work for them. Instead of learning by doing, which is Jesus' style, people sit in pews and fill their heads up with information about Jesus. Instead of learning from Jesus directly by actively following Him, religious people would rather pack away volumes of theory about what it might look like to follow him.

But, relating to God through institutional Christianity is like going on a date to get to know someone at an outdoor cafe in the middle of a category five hurricane. Making spiritual progress within the confines of a man made religion is like driving a brand-new Ferrari through ten feet of mud.

It is safer to maintain a static, mental snapshot of Christ, so that's what many church-goers prefer to do. True, it takes more courage to open ourselves up and know God as He is, but this is far better than trying to keep Him locked up in a glossy photograph, accented by just the right Bible verse, safe and secluded from our everyday lives.

But seekers are screaming for more, and this is a good thing. It tends to be "those that have no mold" who will dare to ask the most pertinent questions such as "Why should I care?" Congregants might ask their leaders, (in Finch's words) "What am I supposed to do? Should I sit, wait for you?"

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We will find out every answer after years of unconditionally obeying Jesus Christ. This is difficult, but it's still the best way to live. We will obtain everything God designed our hearts to desire by giving up what we used to think was valuable in favor of learning from Jesus that he is everything our hearts desire.


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