Crossroads Music is a group of worship leaders from the Cincinnati, Ohio-based Crossroads Church, which was recently named the fastest-growing and third-largest church in the country. It's a community of 30,000 people who gather in 13 locations in Ohio and Kentucky, along with Crossroads Anywhere, an online campus.
Crossroads Music released its first album, Anchored (Live), several years ago. Since then, they have dropped several singles and, most recently, a collection called I Will Remember (Acoustic)EP. It's common to see different members on various broadcasts since they comprise many people. The team says the most regular faces on their broadcast are artists Justin Mosteller, Austin Livingood, Erica Bostick, and Robbie Reider.
In this article, I'll dive into one song from this newest acoustic album and another melody from the original I Will Remember record released earlier this year.
"Take Me Deeper (Acoustic)"
"How I love to sing about your victory
How you conquered hell and set this captive free
But if there's more to you that I have yet to see
Take me deeper."
The song's stripped-down version led me to a simplistic focus on the lyrics. I can't speak for the team, but regardless of their intent, I can confidently say that the acoustic version changed how I hear the melody. There are multiple verses surrounding the incredible choruses, and the one that stuck out to me the most was the third one. The words speak to the knowledge we already have about God.
The Bible sets a standard for praising God thanks to generations of Christians before us. Hallelujah, though, that it doesn't have to stop there. When the band sings, "But if there's more to you that I have yet to see," I panic; what if there's more I'm missing? Would that completely change how I live my life, and have I been praising Him wrong this whole time? The following line quickly soothed my worries, "Take me deeper." God rewards faithful service by revealing Himself, not to frighten. This song altered my perspective on new information about my Heavenly Father. It is not a jump scare meant to shove me away from Christianity but a collection of new traits that I can use to love God even more.
"Made For You (Live)"
"All glory to the Son
The Holy Risen One: All this is for you
All this is for you
The Name Above All Names
Forever, we will say
All this is for you."
This anthem begins with repeating the declaration, "We're made to worship." It can be easy to shrug off this declaration as a prominent mention of our purpose. However, living a life of worship is different from just knowing we are meant to worship.
Worship is not just about lifting our hands and voices on Sunday mornings. Worship includes how we serve those around us and the need to spread kindness even to those who irritate us the most. When that is all included, worship becomes a more complicated concept to stomach. Trust me. I know. Jesus isn't the type of companion who would guilt-trip us into praise, but I will gently remind you that He died for us. I promise that smiling at my annoying friend is not enough reciprocation for that gift. We are blessed enough that we don't need to pay Him back for our gift of life. Yet, there should be plenty of motivation to worship any chance we get. "All this is for you," Lord.
Selena Schulz is NRT’s youngest staff contributor. She loves God, music, reading, and writing.
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