analysis of the song 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 "lukewarm" Chris
tians 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. In the first chorus of the song, the scarecrow asks God "Give me a brain that I might know you better." The first step in growing in your relationship with God is to attain knowledge of His character through the Bible and prayer. Solomon prayed for wisdom and it was given to him. Therefore if you ask God for understanding and truly seek his face, He will become more existent to you and your relationship will grow. 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. The scarecrow, "Safe enough to not let go," seems to have a sense of security in the known that prohibits him from letting go of everything and letting God take over. He is comfortable where he is and does not want to risk change. He also is fearful of the unknown as shown in the text, "Scared enough to not release." He is not willing to
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Approximate Word count = 939
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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