The Chasing Song

by Andrew Peterson

Now and then, these feet just take to wandering.
Now and then, I prop them up at home.
Sometimes I think about the consequences,
Sometimes I don't.

Well, I realize that falling down ain't graceful,
But I thank the Lord that falling's full of grace,
'Cause sometimes I take my eyes off Jesus,
And you know that's all it takes.

Well, I wish that I could say
That at the close of every day
I was happy with the way
That I'm behaving.

'Cause Job, he chased an answer,
The wisemen chased the child,
Jacob chased for fourteen years,
And he captured Rachel's smile.
Moses chased the Promised Land,
Joseph chased a dream.
David, he chased God's own heart,
All I ever seem to chase is me.

Well, they say a race can only have one winner,
Oh, and you know you've got to pull out front to win.
God knows the only time I'm winning
Is when I'm chasing Him.

So, I wish that I could say
That at the close of every day
I was happy with the way
That I'm behaving.

'Cause Samson chased a woman,
And he chased the Philistines.
I'm not quite sure what Jonah chased,
But I know he caught the sea.
Cain, he chased the harvest,
While Abel chased the beasts.
David, he chased God's own heart,
All I ever seem to chase is me.

Jesus chased the money men,
And He chased His Father's will.
He chased my sin to Calvary,
And He caught it on that hill.
And Saul, he chased the Christians,
'Till his blindness made him see.
David, he chased God's own heart,
All I ever seem to chase is me.