God must be busy...

That anchor man says the fight began
Somewhere in the Middle East, world prays for peace
There's a single mom just got laid off when they lost a job
To some foreign hands, some faraway land
Last night in Oklahoma some twister took thirteen
And they're praying that they find the missing three
God must be busy

That highway sign went from slow ahead to traffic's dead
Thought it couldn't get worse than that Amber Alert
They say she's four, Colorado plates headed out-of-state
In a Chevy van, it's hard to understand
You can see it in the faces of all those highway strangers
They're praying that God keeps that girl from danger
God must be busy

And I know in the big picture I'm just a speck of sand
And God's got better things to do than look out for one man
I know he's heard my prayers cause he hears everything
He just ain't answered back or he'd bring you back to me
God must be busy

At evening news ain't much changed
Pretty much the same since I left home
Yeah, that war's still on
They found that little girl
She was soaking wet, half scared to death on the side of some road
Them prayers work, you know

And the Bloods and Cripps are at it
And theres a killer drought down south
And old folks can't afford the drugs they can't live without
God must be busy

And I know in the big picture I'm just a speck of sand
And God's got better things to do than look out for one man
And I know he's heard my prayers cause he hears everything
He just ain't answered back or he'd bring you back to me
God must be busy

That anchorman says the fighting's worse
Cities burn in the Middle East, world prays for peace

Brooks & Dunn - God Must Be Busy 

Firstly, I need to say that just because something has a "christian" label on it doesn't make it christian or good!

When a song says that things aren't going well for me, or I'm not getting my way, therefore God must be busy - it is hardly good and gives a false impression of what God is actually like!

When we write music or poetry or other things, our heart will often leakmout and share itself with us and occasionally with the rest of the world. Whoever wrote this song is sharing their hearts warped view of God, as too busy to stop and have time for me!

When I first heard the song I asked myself "what the ...? Did I really hear that guy say what I thought he said?" And sure enough ... blah, blee, blah blah God must be busy! Where does this guy get off? Does he not know that God is intimately interested in everyone including him?

While I get the other meaning that God is running flat stack solving problems, answering prayers and whatever else - its still looking at God as though He is nothing more than an overworked and under paid secretary with a bunch of demanding, picky bosses!

It wasn't until I started ministry training through Elijah House, then hearing the song again, I put it together. This guy has a very warped view of God because of his personal issues!

Whats with the thing of, I didn't get what I wanted, so I will automatically say God must be busy elsewhere with someone else, who, He loves more than me, whom He cares about more than me, so I'll just go write this song that screams "I HAVE ISSUES, BITTER ROOT JUDGEMENTS, BITTER ROOT EXPECTANCIES, INNER VOWS AND UNFORGIVENESS"!!

And I know in the big picture I'm just a speck of sand
And God's got better things to do than look out for one man ... since when did God have better things to do?

How does the writer of this song see God? Well, you can get a glimpse simply from two lines of the song. Firstly he shrinks himself down to an insignificant speck of sand then he says that because my "genie in a bottle" has failed to grant my demands, he must be busy elsewhere!

As children we form perceptions or ideas, whether accurate or in accurate, about our parents that colour or completely warp our relationship with God as adults. If our father is distant then we will assume that God is distant. If we see our father as being present but too busy to answer our request for time, hugs, or whatever else, we will see God as present but too busy for us! In the very area where we dishonour our parents, we will reap trouble relating to God. Our view of God will be screwed up, warped and twisted. And we will possibly end up saying something like ... "And I know he's heard my prayers cause he hears everything He just ain't answered back or he'd bring you back to me God must be busy".

This is apparently what passes as a good, uplifting, edifying christian song - my word, I didn't realise that the standards had slipped so far down the toilet!

How many people are listening to crap simply because they brought it from a christian book shop?
Do they not stop and listen to what the writer is actually saying in their favourite songs?
I sincerely hope that I never hear that depressing, warped song again.

May Gods blessings shower down upon you. And may you be coated in the dust of your Rabbi!

Australian Watcher On The Wall
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