‘(Everything I Do) I Do It for You’ – Bryan Adams

 

Claire writes:

I first heard this song at the cinema in the film ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ in 1991 when the film was released.   The song by Bryan Adams spent 16 weeks at Number 1 in the UK singles Chart.

I visited the cinema with some friends from school who were in the year above to watch the film; I really liked a lad who was in the group. Of course he wasn’t interested in me!  I played this song over and over again imagining that one day this lad would “Look into my eyes”  and “Everything I do I do it for you” as the song says.  I wanted him to be my “Robin Hood”.  It was never to be. At 15/16 years old it was hard to take that I liked him but he wasn’t interested.

A couple of years later, I was at an MAYC weekend in London. This was a Christian gathering where thousands of young people all dressed in yellow and green, came together to worship and show their love of God.  As a young Christian it always amazed me how many young people would be at the MAYC weekends – so many that they could fill the Royal Albert Hall twice.   My mum made me some yellow and green dungarees especially for my many trips to MAYC weekends.

This particular year we were in the Sunday morning worship. I was always totally blown away by the worship as I usually ended up in tears of joy and happiness that we were all gathered as one worshipping God.

The music started to play and on the big screen was a picture of Jesus hanging on the cross. I soon realised that the music playing was ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’.

It was in that instant that this song took on a completely different meaning to me.

This song could have been written about how Jesus died on the cross. Similar to my journey of faith, I have had to search and find where God is in my life, and the sense of peace I find on my journey with God as I travel through my life with him by my side.

“and when you find me there, you’ll search no more”

We all enjoy a good love story, and Jesus’ is probably the greatest love story ever told.  John 15:13   “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends”  This is where it all made sense for me, this is where my faith started, a man called Jesus died for me. 

The words of the song are so inspiring and resonate in me, telling of the great love that Jesus has for us and that I am “worth dyin for”. The song talks of sacrifice and how we need to give it our all to follow Jesus, I have certainly found that following Jesus can be a rocky road at times.

Ok. So maybe Bryan Adams didn’t have God on his mind when he wrote these beautiful lyrics but for me this song has been a ‘go to’ song for me as a reminder of Jesus’s great sacrifice and love for us. It has it all ! 

In John 3:16 “For God so Loved the World, that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life “

A son; Jesus who fought for the poor, the oppressed, those who were seen as lepers, for prostitutes, refugees. The list goes on for those who Jesus loved and fought for.

Let’s go out with this song in our heart and as the lyrics say. 

“There’s no love
Like your love
And no other
Could give more love .There’s nowhere. Unless you’re there All the time
All the way, yeah”

Look into my eyes
You will see
What you mean to me
Search your heart
Search your soul
And when you find me there
You’ll search no more

Don’t tell me it’s not worth tryin’ for
You can’t tell me it’s not worth dyin’ for
You know it’s true
Everything I do
I do it for you

Look into your heart
You will find
There’s nothin’ there to hide
Take me as I am
Take my life
I would give it all
I would sacrifice

Don’t tell me it’s not worth fightin’ for
I can’t help it, there’s nothin’ I want more
You know it’s true
Everything I do
I do it for you

There’s no love
Like your love
And no other
Could give more love
There’s nowhere
Unless you’re there
All the time
All the way, yeah

Look into your heart, baby

Oh you can’t tell me it’s not worth tryin’ for
I can’t help it, there’s nothin’ I want…

Bryan Adams is still going strong – here’s his website https://www.bryanadams.com/