Several years back, I was desperate to express how things had changed in my heart due to the revelation of Christ in me. I struggled to find the words because sometimes words are just words. I so wanted to share with those I held dear, in the hope that they would realise the wonder of it all and discover along with me, that Christ is truly alive, that He’s not just religious jargon, and that regardless of much of the old religious ways we may have experienced, this living Christ is fantastic, incredible, unfathomable, brilliant, real, real, real!

I had read and heard about Christ living in me for years, but it wasn’t until the revelation came through the Holy Spirit that I could see. When the revelation dropped into my heart, my spiritual eyes were opened, and everything changed. The words I’d read and heard came alive! For the first time, I understood. It was as though Narnia’s wardrobe was opened to me.

How can you explain revelation beyond just words? Clearly, it is only the work of the Spirit.

Regardless, I endeavoured to capture what was happening for me in song. I only stumbled across this recording the other day, and it filled my heart afresh with such joy.

My dilemma remains: how do I express this wonderful, glorious, life-changing truth unless it is by the Spirit of God?

I pray that even in some small way, the Spirit speaks and touches you as you listen to the song. And that your breath will be taken away, as was mine, at the revelation that Christ lives in you, and what that means.

The recording’s not great. The guitar is louder than the vocals. My timing is off, and there’s a bung chord in there at one point. My vocals are sloppy. But the truth is there.

Here is the recording, and below are the lyrics.

Christ lives in me

Now when I hear I’m free, I believe I’m free

Now when I hear that Christ died for me

I believe Christ died for me

I can’t explain it

But something’s changed inside of me

I believe that Christ lives in me

In me

 

Now when I hear I’m free, I believe I’m free

Now when I hear that Christ died for me

I believe Christ died for me

I can’t explain it

But something’s changed inside of me

Now I believe that Christ lives in me

In me

Mmmmmm

Jesus lives in me

 

No longer I who lives

But Christ who lives in me

Christ in me

Christ in me

No longer I who lives

But Christ in me

Christ in me

 

In me

 

Now when I hear I’m free, I believe I’m free

Now when I hear that Christ lives in me

I believe Christ lives in me

I can’t explain it

But something’s changed inside of me

Now I believe that Christ lives in me

In me

Jesus lives in me

Jesus lives in me

Donna Lee Batty © 2012