on sudden realization

mkay.
So theres this song by The Almost (which is the drummer from underoath). We listened to it at minicamp a bunch. It's titled, "dirty and left out"... and theres this one line that reads as such: "Jesus, Jesus... There's something about your name... Master, Savior, Jesus".
Listening to the song on my own after Saralena got me the cd, there was something powerful about that line.

Let's take a time warp to last Saturday.
The cross country team is on the way to northwestern Connecticut for the NEPSTA race. It's a 5 and a half hour bus ride... so we spend an entire day's worth of time in a bus to run for 20 minutes.
Irony aside, someone brought the 3rd Lord of the Rings movie. So we watched it.
During the movie, Gandalf rides with Pippen to Minas Tirith, the City of Kings.
For all of you who only watched the movies for Orlando, it's the big white city on the cliff where the final battle takes place.
For the past forever many years, there has been no king there; it has been ruled by a caretaker. That's unimportant to my point, but, i figured i'd bring more context in.
Anywho, the caretaker's son happened to be Boromir, who was the first and only person to die in the Fellowship (he died from like 30 orc arrows at the begining). Gandalf had been hoping that the caretaker didn't know that his son was dead. But, as he walked into the throneroom, it became quite clear. The caretaker was striken with mourning, and complete bitterness towards Gandalf.
Sensing his grief, and feeling that he was partially to blame, Pippen takes a knee to the caretaker and says, "I offer you my service, such as it is, in payment of this debt."
Ans so the caretaker takes him up on his offer, and he becomes a servant to the caretaker; he bound himself to this guy on his own free will.
Thence forth, he had to do whatever the caretaker wanted him to do. Which included singing while he ate.

Anyway, that's the scene i thought of when i heard the song.
We have made Jesus our master.
And in a literal, but not physical way, we have pledged to be his servants; to do what he asks.
If Pippen had decided to back out on his oath, he prolly would have been killed on the spot.
If we back out on our oath, Jesus waits for us to turn back to him.
But the point is, think about that scene. Picture yourself taking a knee to Jesus and pledging Him your loyal service.
Then realize how amazing he is, and that we've been given a mission to fulfill.
And remember that line, "There's something about your name..."