STORY BEHIND THE SONG: Brink

'Brink' is my "try to explain what I am feeling now that I have been transformed by the God of the universe" song.  I remember sitting down and thinking, I want to write an honest song about the way I feel about the Christian walk.  Unfortunately, the thing about feelings is that they change.  Thankfully, God doesn't tell us to trust feelings, but to have faith in Him, the God who was, and is, and is to come.  He is the the unchanging One.  So as I continued to wrestle with this concept, I also began to wrestle with the 'death of self' passages in Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians and began to see that I am at war with sin and with my flesh.  I have been made alive in Christ and now I am charged as a holy, beloved, chosen child of God to put on a compassionate heart, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. (Col. 3:12)

'Brink' is my proclamation to do that.  The chorus "on the brink, I'm ready to let go" is the cry of my heart, an act of submission and obedience.  My favorite line in the song is "there's a sweet cruel line found in the bread and wine, and on the brink of me is where I find you".  The seemingly paradoxical phrase portrays our lives in Christ.  We are freely given, through Christ's sacrifice, freedom, salvation, redemption, and life.  But God also gives us new hearts to love him, new eyes to see His truth, new ears to hear His voice, and we are charged to give Him EVERYTHING and as believers He WILL take it.  He is our LORD and SAVIOR.  Shockingly, that's not a very popular view even among evangelicals today.  They want salvation without lordship.  They want forgiveness without repentance.  That's not transformation, that's not heart change.  It's trust AND obey.  The amazing thing is, for those who are really in Christ, is that by the power of God, we want to obey.  He gives us a new nature that hates sin and loves His ways. (Ezekiel 36:26)

To conclude, I offer this prayer, which is also the bridge of 'Brink':

 "That You would be the only thing they see, Christ alone.  Let the overflow of my heart be Christ alone.  All You are, all You are is more than enough for me."  


Here are the Lyrics:

I'm running, I'm running as fast as I can

There's a revolution going on inside

I'm falling, I'm falling so fast that I can't think or speak or move but I know

I've never felt like this before

Here you are at my front door

On the brink, on the brink I'm ready to let go

Ready to live, so ready to live and I know

That there's a sweet cruel line found in the bread and wine

And on the brink of me is where I find You

Broken, so broken I lay at Your feet

Shattered by this King of Glory

Hungry and thirsty, would you come fill me?

Let the overflow of my heart be the light of the One

Whose glory outshines the dawn

On the brink, on the brink I'm ready to let go

Ready to live, so ready to live and I know

That there's a sweet cruel line found in the bread and wine

And on the brink of me is where I find You

That You would be the only thing they see, Christ alone.

  Let the overflow of my heart be Christ alone.  

All You are, all You are is more than enough for me.  

On the brink, on the brink I'm ready to let go

Ready to live, so ready to live and I know

On the brink, on the brink I'm ready to let go

Ready to live, so ready to live and I know

That there's a sweet cruel line found in the bread and wine

And on the brink of me is where I find You

Lyrics by Jason Dunton

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