Dare You To Move

This to me is an encouraging song. It's basically saying that it's time for change, and you can either stay down, or pick your self up and move like today never happened before. When i feel like i'm worthless, like God can have no use for me, I'm reminded that "forgiveness is right where you fell," and God has forgiven my sins. It's a challenge for me to live aggressively for God, not in a curled fetal position on the floor, taking life's kicks to the face. It's helped me alot, just my interpretation.

"Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell Where can you run to escape from yourself Where you gonna go Where you gonna go

Salvation is here...... "

Word.

• Jarsonic

Switchfoot is a great band. (I get to see them in concert in May!!!) Anyhoo, what I gather from this song is that they're saying that if you fail, try again. (I think that cuz of the "I dare you to pick yourself up off the floor") I think that they're saying bad stuff is gonna happen, but you gotta be strong, and keep moving forward. Switchfoot rules. God bless everyone. -Nicole

this song is so powerful.. makes me wana go outside n make the world a betta placE! it makes me think off all the gud things in life.. n turns down the shitty things.. honestly.. this song is so moving..!! :D

This song reminds me of the girl that I like so much. It's almost like I dare myself to move. I dared myself, and I did it. It's developing well. But you just have to dare yourself to move if you are going to do something..Thanks.

b

this song is just damn beautiful. its just about going on and venturing further into your life.. no matter what. i love this song like whoa.

Awesome song, Jon Foreman is a genius. This song is about trying to live the perfect life Christ intended in the midst of imperfections.

The song is written from Christ's point of view, most likely speaking to a new believer (welcome to existence, resistance, fallout, etc.).

And trying to live the Christ life (AKA the "zoe" described by C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity) is tension ("the tension is here") between the sinful nature and the perfect person Christ desires. As C.S. Lewis put it, Christ does not wish to subdue, to mitigate, or to torment our old, sinful nature. Christ wishes to kill it completely. Christ demands perfection.

However we have been far from perfect in the past, and continue to be dreadfully lacking in the present.

The challenge (Dare you to move) is to have faith that Christ will rectify our shame as we boldly strive to live perfect lives, to become "who you could be." There is nothing we can do to earn forgiveness and nowhere we can "run to escape from ourselves." But earning salvation is not our job. Christ has already done it for us on the cross, "salvation is here". Our shame is paid for, "today never happened." Our job is to move, to "lift ourselves up off the floor" and strive to live the life Christ desires. It is Christ who gives us the ability to get up ("forgiveness is right where you fell"). We no longer have to live under the old law of sin and death, Christ has set us free and empowered us to walk. And now Christ dares us to move.

And to take from C.S. Lewis once again, we live the Christ life by allowing Christ to kill our old, sinful nature and fill the void with his own perfection. This is not a one-time happening. This is a war that begins anew everyday. "Welcome to resistance" is a call to put to death the things of the sinful nature and allow God to fill you instead. And it is from God's dwelling inside of you that you begin to become "who you could be," a process that continues to the end of our earthly lives and beyond.

"being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6

nerdy, why are you trying to be rude? I'm quite sure not everyone in the world enjoys YOUR favorite bands. Leave people alone. People can like whatever they want. If you don't like them, fine, but you don't have to act like an immature "my music is better than yours" kid. A Walk to Remember is a great movie in my opinion, the book even better. Maybe you couldn't catch the meaning in the story...who knows. You seem to suggest that you hated them before you heard them based on the fact that they were on the sndtrck alone, what does that say about you? have a nice day everyone!

Switchfoot is a christian band, and if I'm not mistaken that movie had some religion in it, so I didn't think it was a bad idea...that's just what I got out of it. They're a good band, I really like their music.

When I heard this song I had no idea that switchfoot was a Christian band so I assumed that the lyrics were about love or wanting someone etc. but now I can sorta see how they would have a religious context...either way, its an awesome song!:D