Here’s a lesson straight from the lips of the Red Rocker, Sammy Hagar himself – don’t you wait for things to happen, you need to make them happen on your terms. Sure, the song might be most well remembered for promoting the short-lived soft drink Crystal Pepsi, but as Hagar sings in the song itself, “the more you get, the more you want.” The group was criticized for "selling out" when the ads came out, but they did it because Pepsi was going to use the song with or without them. Pepsi got the rights to the song, and would have had a sound-alike group record it. Van Halen figured it was best to let them use their version and at least get paid for it. Sammy Hagar commented on the song "I was tired of writing cheap sex songs. Eddie and I wanted to get serious and talk about world issues. “Right Now” was the best lyric I’d ever written for Van Halen."
Don't wanna wait til tomorrow, Why put it off another day?
One more walk through problems,
Built up, and stand in our way ,ah
One step ahead, one step behind me
Now you gotta run to get even
Make future plans, don't dream about yesterday, hey
C'mon turn, turn this thing around
Right now, hey
It's your tomorrow
Right now,
C'mon,it's everything
Right now,
Catch a magic moment, do it
Right here and now
It means everything
Miss the beat, you lose the rhythm,
And nothing falls into place, no
Only missed by a fraction,
Slipped a little off your pace, oh,
The more things you get, the more you want,
Just trade in one for the other,
Workin so hard, to make it easier, whoa,
Got to turn, c'mon turn this thing around
Right now, hey
It's your tomorrow
Right now,
C'mon, it's everything
Right now,
Catch that magic moment, do it
Right here and now
It means everything
It's enlightened me, right now
What are you waitin for
Oh, yeah, right now
[Solo]
Right now, hey
It's your tomorrow
Right now,
C'mon, it's everything
Right now,
Catch that magic moment, and do it right,
Right now
Right now, oh, Right now
It's what's happening?
Right here and now
Right now
It's right now
Oh,
Tell me, what are you waiting for
Turn this thing around
"Right Now" is about living in the moment. It's about making something happen now. It's not a song about waiting but of turning something around. It's a motivation song. It's an action song. It's a doing song. It's not a song about playing it safe, but a song of risking all to make it happen.
As Christians we like nothing better than playing it safe. We are those who when we are confronted by the risks of life first gather as many facts as possible, view the options, and make choices so that we are in control and reasonably certain of the outcome. Abraham did not gather the facts, view the options, was not in control and could not forsee the outcome. He took a risk.
At times we tend to label risks as “undesirable” because in the end we do not trust and we believe that it could end up causing loss and heartache and trouble for us and others; we fear unwanted results as much as we dread missing out on our dreams. That would be enough to have us stay at home. We are also afraid of looking foolish or incompetent, incurring financial difficulty, or facing physical danger. From a human viewpoint, eliminating uncertainty makes a lot of sense. At times this attitude is not the perspective of God.
God’s perspective is that there are times for the followers of Jesus to take risks! To launch out and be the change. There are times that we are encouraged to say yes despite what we can see in front of us. When God is the one asking us to step out of our comfort zone we can consider ourselves safe in His hands and safe under His direction Just Like Abraham in the passage. From the Lord’s viewpoint, there is no uncertainty, because He has control over all things and He will never fail to accomplish His good purposes (Eph. 1:11).
More than Abraham the Bible is full of real people who took risks to obey the Lord. One was Ananias, whom God sent to minister to the newly converted Saul. Ananias risked his reputation and his life to comply. Another was Saul himself, who was told to preach to the Jews the very gospel he and they had so violently opposed. By focusing on God, His character, and His promises, both men obeyed despite uncertainty, doubt, and fear. These men were just like Abraham of old. They took risks. They trusted in God.
Spiritual growth is stunted when the we refuse to obey God. Sometimes that involves leaving what is safe or familiar and like Abraham taking a journey into the unknown and doing it now.
Abraham did not wait he made it happen, he caught that magic moment and did right now.
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