The Fray’s “You Found Me”

I found God on the corner of First and Amistad
Where the west was all but won
All alone smoking his last cigarette
I said, “Where you been?”
He said, “Ask anything.”

Where were you when everything was falling apart?
All my days were spent by the telephone that never rang
And all I needed was a call that never came
To the corner of First and Amistad

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lyin’ on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

In the end everyone ends up alone
Losing her the only one who’s ever known
Who I am, who I’m not, who I wanna be
No way to know
How long she will be next to me

Early morning the city breaks
I’ve been callin’ for years and years and years and years
And you never left me no messages
Ya never send me no letters
You got some kinda nerve
Taking all I want

Why is it that people assume that God has been absent when bad things happen to them?  It is so sad to me to think that this song was written to God and the songwriter thinks that he found God too late- that the damage has been done, the girl is gone, the pain has set in.  He is lost and insecure, and yet he determines it is at this point that his life is past God’s help.  But this is precisely when God could speak to him!  It is when we feel lost and helpless, and when we finally realize our sinfulness and our inability to be in charge of our own lives, that we are finally ready for God.  This is exactly the type of person that God speaks to- the broken and contrite, those who are ready to surrender.

“Where were you when everything was falling apart?” He was right there!  God is with us through our trials and struggles, ready to rescue us and show his glory through our brokenness.  It is so unfortunate that oftentimes it is precisely this brokenness that drives people away from God- they feel abandoned.  They question God’s love and ask, “How could a loving God allow this to happen?”  While God is loving, love does not mean you will get whatever you want and will live a pain-free life.  On the contrary!  Love sometimes means that you will have to endure hardship.  Hardship breaks us, makes us meek and humble, makes us grow and realize the true power and mercy of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

“In the end everyone ends up alone.  Losing her, the only one who’s ever known who I am, who I’m not, who I wanna be.” But God knows!  HE knows who you are, who you’re not, and who you wanna be!  He knows even more than you know about yourself!  He even knows how many hairs you have on your head (Matt. 10:20)!  He knows you to your core being!  He molded you and created you.  He knit us together in our mothers’ wombs (Psalm 139:13).  Fear not, for He is with us.

How great is our God and His wonderful timing!  Even when it seems that His plan makes no sense and has no purpose, it does.  For God is all good and all powerful and has a good, pleasing, and perfect will.  “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”  Jeremiah 29:11.

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