Shaun Groves Album: Invitation to Eavesdrop Track: Welcome Home
Welcome Home Lyrics
Words and music by Shaun Groves
Take me, make me All You want me to be That's all I'm asking, all I'm asking
Welcome to this heart of mine I've buried under prideful vines Grown to hide the mess I've made Inside of me, come decorate, Lord
Open up the creaking door And walk upon the dusty floor Scrape away the guilty stains Until no sin or shame remain
Spread Your love upon the walls And occupy the empty halls Until the man I am has faded No more doors are barricaded
Chorus: Come inside this Heart of mine it's Not my own Make it home Come and take this Heart and make it All Your own Welcome home
Take a seat, pull up a chair Forgive me for the disrepair And the souvenirs from floor to ceiling Gathered on my search for meaning
Every closet's filled with clutter Messes yet to be discovered I'm overwhelmed, I understand I can't make this place all that You can (Chorus)
I took the space that You placed in me Redecorated in shades of greed And I made sure every door stayed locked Every window blocked, and still You knocked Take me, make me All You want me to be That's all I'm asking, all I'm asking
Story Behind The Song: A simple analogy of the heart. He purchased it with His Son on the cross. But still I try to take it back one room at a time. Sometimes I've found myself acting as if I am the landlord and my heart is merely expensive rental property. I lock God out of my plans. I close the closets full of secret sins. But He wants all of me, to repair what I've destroyed, to make my heart His home. The eyes of the Lord look to and fro throughout the earth looking for a heart that is completely His. (Ephesians 3:16-17, John 14:23, 2Chronicles 16:9)
