Friday, July 18, 2003

U2 Theology

I am working on a sermon series on prayer -- more specifically, discerning God's voice and spiritual warfare. Listening to a Best of U2 CD, some lyrics jumped out at me -- "If you want to kiss the sky, you better learn how to kneel -- on your knees boy!"

This is from the song Mysterious Ways which was orignially on Achtung Baby. I'll print the lyrics at the end of this. Some commentary I read surfing the web said this song is about the Holy Spirit (She moves in mysterious ways) and that "Johnny" is John the Baptist adapted from an Oscar Wilde writing called Salome. Beats me. But it does certainly have a Holy Spirit feel.

I love that line "If you want to kiss the sky, you better learn how to kneel." As I've looked at the Matrix and took a far reach considering that the massive violence can give us some sense of Spiritual Warfare, it struck me that initial "fighting posture" for spiritual warfare is a humble one -- "on your knees boy!"

Some sites I found were Kiss the Sky and U2 Sermons.

Johnny take a walk with your sister the moon
Let her pale light in to fill up your room
You've been living underground
Eating from a can
You've been running away
From what you don't understand...
Love

She's slippy
You're sliding down
She'll be there when you hit the ground

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways

Johnny take a dive with your sister in the rain
Let her talk about the things you can't explain
To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal
If you want to kiss the sky
Better learn how to kneel

(on your knees boy)

She's the wave
She turns the tide
She sees the man inside the child

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Lift my days, light up my nights

One day you will look... back
And you'll see... where
You were held... how
By this love... while
You could stand... there
You could move on this moment
Follow this feeling

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

We move through miracle days
Spirit moves in mysterious ways
She moves with it
She moves with it
Lift my days, light up my nights

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