Analyisis of Scarecrow
The Christian music industry is renowned for its many deep, thought provoking songs, but there is none whose lyrics capture my mind like the song "Scarecrow", written and composed by the band Skillet. This song is a reflection of the writer's perspective of his life as a scarecrow. The artist proposes that we as Christians need to surrender everything to Christ in order to gain a meaningful relationship with Him. The chorus is divided into three different sections, each showing the three essential elements pertaining to our walk with God. The first concentrates on the knowledge part of a person's relationship with God. The second entails the love and emotion that is involved. The last focuses on the servant aspect in our attempt to please God. The comparison of a scarecrow to the life of a human being seeking Christ may seem far-fetched to begin with, but careful evaluation of the wording in this song has shown many parallels. The first part of the verse refers the guilt and shame the scarecrow is dealing with. He feels alone in the world and is shameful of his "dirty clothes" which represent the sin in his unworthy life. This seems like the ideal analogy for the aimless, consumer driven lives of many "luke
warm" Christians in today's society. The distractions of life keep getting in the way of truly focusing on God, bringing about a sense of shame and worthlessness. To fulfill God's desire to have an intimate relationship with us, his children, we must lay everything down at His feet. Like the scarecrow in this song, we as Christians seeking a closer relationship with Him, need to recognize the importance of the three fundamentals in our walk with God. We must come to a point of knowing who He is, loving Him for his mercy, and finally carrying out His will in our life, before we can truly grasp the meaning of our lives as Christians. This servant attitude was brought about by a certain event that took place in the scarecrow's life. The phrase "Hanging in the sun, waiting for the rain" seems to represent how although the scarecrow knew God, he was just sitting back and waiting for something to take place. He witnessed a field burning and found himself not doing anything about it. I believe the "burning field" symbolizes the many people who are cast into hell everyday because of unwillingness of Christians to spread the good news. The scarecrow faced this reality, as do many Christians today. Although they know and love God, they are still not willing to pick up their crosses and do something about the sinful progression of the world. The section "Hanging on a post jus
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