“I’m caught up in Your presence
I just want to sit here at Your feet
I’m caught up in this holy moment
I never wanna leave

Oh, I’m not here for blessings
Jesus, You don’t owe me anything
More than anything that You can do
I just want You

I’m sorry when I’ve just gone through the motions
I’m sorry when I just sang another song
Take me back to where we started
I open up my heart to You

I’m sorry when I’ve come with my agenda
I’m sorry when I forgot that You’re enough
Take me back to where we started
I open up my heart to You

I’m caught up in Your presence
I just want to sit here at Your feet
I’m caught up in this holy moment
I never wanna leave

Oh, I’m not here for blessings
Jesus, You don’t owe me anything
And more than anything that You can do
I just want You

I just want You
Nothing else, nothing else
Nothing else will do
I just want You
Nothing else, nothing else
Nothing else will do

I just want You
Nothing else, nothing else
Nothing else will do
I just want You
Nothing else, nothing else, Jesus
Nothing else will do

I just want You
Nothing else, nothing else
Nothing else will do
I just want You
Nothing else, nothing else, Jesus
Nothing else will do

I’m coming back to where we started
I’m coming back to where we started
When I first felt Your love
You’re all that matters, Jesus
You’re all that matters
I’m coming back to what really matters
Just Your heart
I just wanna bless Your heart, Jesus

I’m caught up in Your presence
I just want to sit here at Your feet
I’m caught up in this holy moment
I never wanna leave

And oh, I’m not here for blessings
Jesus, You don’t owe me anything
More than anything that You can do
Oh, I just want You” (Cody Carnes/Hank Bentley/Jessie Parker Early).

How many times have I been a kind of Martha, too busy doing things for Jesus to simply be with Jesus? How many times have I been so focused on my wish list of needs and wants that I forget to listen to what He’s speaking to me? So many of my prayers have been so one-sided because I almost never leave room for silence and listening.

Sometimes it’s good not to ask for anything. Sometimes it’s good not to even say anything or do anything other than putting yourself in a posture to hear from God. Being still and silent may be the hardest discipline for most of us whose minds are like computers with 15 tabs open at all times and music coming from some mysterious source.

I think that it’s not something you learn how to do in one setting. It will take lots of times where all you hear are your own thoughts. Gradually, you learn to let your mind rest and then you can discern the voice of God. But it is a discipline, and that always takes practice and time.

I’m so thankful that God wants to speak to me more than I want to listen. I’m more thankful that He’s more persistent in speaking than I am in listening. Again, I say with all the saints, “Speak, Lord, for your servants are listening.”