Luke 1:5-7, "In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statues of The Lord. But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years."
The chronology of these 3 verses struck me when I read them on Saturday night. I know I have read them before but for some reason - the Holy Spirit I would venture to guess - they especially caught my eye that night.
Luke, the writer of this Gospel, first tells us that both Zechariah and Elizabeth were "righteous before God" AND they were "walking blamelessly." Now, I am sure that this by no stretch means that this couple was perfect. As it is with every person in the Bible and in the world - save Jesus, of course - they had their sinful tendencies and struggles too. However, as King David is called a "man after God's own heart" - and yet he has many recorded accounts of his failures to trust and obey God - the key is not that Zechariah and Elizabeth were perfect. The key is that the pattern of their lives was one of godliness, obedience, and striving to live according to the law of God. If their lives had not been characterized overall by repentance, humility, and obedience, Luke would not have called these two fallen human beings "righteous" and "[blameless]."
So the point Luke makes to label these folks as people of God stood out to me especially in light of the next verse which starts off, "But they had no child [...]." Now I am sure there were many times that the barrenness of Elizabeth caused much sadness, questioning of God, and maybe even anger towards God. And yet this couple is still labeled as "righteousness" and "blameless." It would appear that, although this couple was probably sad to not have had any children, they trusted The Lord and looked to Him for their satisfaction instead of looking for satisfaction in the idea of having a child. They seemed to be known first and foremost by their character before God rather than their complaining about God not giving them the child they desired. They seem to have had their priorities in the right spot. They seemed to have God on the throne in their hearts rather than the desire for children on the throne of their hearts.
Now, as we know from the rest of the story, there is great rejoicing at the birth of John the Baptist. Even after Elizabeth finds out she's pregnant she says in verse 25, "'Thus The Lord has done for me, to take away my reproach among the people." This statement gives testimony to the fact that Elizabeth had at some point seen the state of being barren as something shameful - a common conception that we see throughout Scripture. However, her joy was not solely found in the fact that God FINALLY answered her prayer and gave her the son she was waiting for. It seems she had learned the long (and often painful) lesson of finding contentment in God alone.
God never promises He will give us exactly what we want. But He does promise that He will give us what is best for us - what He sees as best for us. Most times what WE think is best is not what God KNOWS is best. Our job, in the meantime, is to learn to be content with God alone. We are to give Him our desires so that He might purify them and refine them for His greatest glory. We are to seek to be righteousness before God and to be blameless before Him. That is is. We are not guaranteed anything else in life but His continual purifying work within us. It is my job to seek Him and to learn to be content with Him alone. He does not guarantee me the perfect job, a husband, a family, a perfect home, etc. He does, however, guarantee He will complete my sanctification (Philippians 1:6) That is what I need to be striving for; that is what I should be seeking after instead of worrying about the plans or ways of my life. God IS enough and will ALWAYS give me what is His best for me.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Friday, April 18, 2014
The Great Rescue (Quote from the book "Boy Meets Girl" by Joshua Harris)
I absolutely love this quote especially in light of meditating on Good Friday.
“What does Jesus’ death have to do with working through [sin]? How can a gruesome crucifixion that happened two thousand years ago help when [you are confronted with your sin] today?
The answer is that the Cross is God’s plan for freeing you from the guilt and punishment of your past sin. At the Cross we see both the depths of our depravity and the heights of God’s amazing love for us. We witness both the terrifying intensity of God’s just wrath for sin and His unspeakable mercy and love for sinners.
“What does Jesus’ death have to do with working through [sin]? How can a gruesome crucifixion that happened two thousand years ago help when [you are confronted with your sin] today?
The answer is that the Cross is God’s plan for freeing you from the guilt and punishment of your past sin. At the Cross we see both the depths of our depravity and the heights of God’s amazing love for us. We witness both the terrifying intensity of God’s just wrath for sin and His unspeakable mercy and love for sinners.
Why the Cross?
Because sinners have no other hope.
Why the Cross?
Because it is the unassailable proof that we can
be forgiven.
Let’s gaze on it together. As we draw close, don’t assume that you already know or understand what happened there. Come to the Cross as if for the first time. In the book When God Weeps, Steven Estes and Joni Eareckson Tada give the following account of Christ’s death. As you read, refuse to let the scene be familiar. Let its reality shock you and break your heart.
‘The face that Moses had begged to see—was forbidden to see—was slapped bloody (Exodus 33:19-20). The thorns that God had sent to curse the earth’s rebellion now twisted around his own brow...
‘On your back with you!’ One raises a mallet to sink in the spike. But the soldier’s heart must continue pumping as he readies the prisoner’s wrist. Someone must sustain the soldier’s life minute by minute, for no man has this power on his own. Who supplies breath to his lungs? Who gives energy to his cells? Who holds his molecules together? Only by the Son do ‘all things hold together’ (Colossians 1:17). The victim wills that the soldier live on—he grants the warriors continued existence. The man swings.
As the man swings, the Son recalls how he and the Father first designed the medial nerve of the human forearm—sensations it would be capable of. The design proves flawless-the nerves perform exquisitely. ‘Up you go!’ They lift the cross. God is on display in his underwear and can scarcely breathe.
But these pains are a mere warm-up to his other and growing dread. He begins to feel a foreign sensation. Somewhere during this day an unearthly foul odor began to waft, not around his nose, but his heart. He feels dirty. Human wickedness starts to crawl upon his spotless being—the living excrement from our souls. The apple of his Father’s eye turns brown with rot.
Let’s gaze on it together. As we draw close, don’t assume that you already know or understand what happened there. Come to the Cross as if for the first time. In the book When God Weeps, Steven Estes and Joni Eareckson Tada give the following account of Christ’s death. As you read, refuse to let the scene be familiar. Let its reality shock you and break your heart.
‘The face that Moses had begged to see—was forbidden to see—was slapped bloody (Exodus 33:19-20). The thorns that God had sent to curse the earth’s rebellion now twisted around his own brow...
‘On your back with you!’ One raises a mallet to sink in the spike. But the soldier’s heart must continue pumping as he readies the prisoner’s wrist. Someone must sustain the soldier’s life minute by minute, for no man has this power on his own. Who supplies breath to his lungs? Who gives energy to his cells? Who holds his molecules together? Only by the Son do ‘all things hold together’ (Colossians 1:17). The victim wills that the soldier live on—he grants the warriors continued existence. The man swings.
As the man swings, the Son recalls how he and the Father first designed the medial nerve of the human forearm—sensations it would be capable of. The design proves flawless-the nerves perform exquisitely. ‘Up you go!’ They lift the cross. God is on display in his underwear and can scarcely breathe.
But these pains are a mere warm-up to his other and growing dread. He begins to feel a foreign sensation. Somewhere during this day an unearthly foul odor began to waft, not around his nose, but his heart. He feels dirty. Human wickedness starts to crawl upon his spotless being—the living excrement from our souls. The apple of his Father’s eye turns brown with rot.
His Father! He
must face his Father like this!
From heaven the Father now rouses himself like a lion disturbed, shakes his mane, and roars against the shriveling remnant of a man hanging on a cross. Never has the Son seen the Father look at him so, never felt even the least of his hot breath. But the roar shakes the unseen world and darkens the visible sky. The Son does not recognize these eyes.
‘Son of Man! Why have you behaved so? You have cheated, lusted, stolen, gossiped—murdered, envied, hated lied. You have cursed, robbed, overspent, overeaten—fornicated, disobeyed, embezzled, and blasphemed. Oh, the duties you have shirked, the children you have abandoned! Who has ever so ignored the poor, so played the coward, so belittled by name? Have you ever held your razor tongue? What a self-righteous, pitiful drunk—you, who molest young boys, peddle killer drugs, travel in cliques, and mock your parents. Who gave you the boldness to rig elections, foment revolutions, torture animals, and worship demons? Does the list never end! Splitting families, raping virgins, acting smugly, playing the pimp—buying politicians, practicing exhortation, filming pornography, accepting bribes. You have burned down buildings, perfected terrorist tactics, founded false religions, traded in slaves—relishing each morsel and bragging about it all. I have, loathe these things in you! Disgust for everything about you consumes me! Can you not feel my wrath?’
Of course the Son is innocent. He is blamelessness itself. The Father knows this. But the divine pair have an agreement, and the unthinkable must now take place. Jesus will be treated as if personally responsible for every sin ever committed.
The Father watches as his heart’s treasure, the mirror-image of himself, sinks drowning into raw, liquid sin. Jehovah’s stored rage against humankind from every century explodes in a single direction.
‘Father! Father! Why have you forsaken me?!’
But heaven stops its ears. The Son stares up at the One who cannot, who will not, reach down or reply.
The Trinity had planned it. The Son endured it. The Spirit enabled him. The Father rejected the Son whom he loved. Jesus, the God-man from Nazareth, perished. The Father accepted his sacrifice for sin and was satisfied. The Rescue was accomplished.’
Don’t move too quickly from this scene. Keep gazing.
The Rescue accomplished here was for you. John Stott writes, ‘Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us (leading us to faith and worship), we have to see it as something done by us (leading us to repentance)….As we face the cross, then, we can say to our selves both ‘I did it; my sins sent Him there,’ and ‘He did it; His love took Him there.’’
Did you see your own offenses on the list of sins that necessitated the Cross? If not, name them yourself. Name your darkest sin. Now reflect on the fact that Christ bore the punishment for that sin. He took the punishment you deserved. Do you feel His passionate and specific love for you? He died for you. He was condemned and cursed so that you could go free—He was forsaken by God so that you would never be forsaken (Hebrews 13:5).” (Boy Meets Girl, 173-176)
So humbling and sobering and yet exciting in view of Sunday coming!
From heaven the Father now rouses himself like a lion disturbed, shakes his mane, and roars against the shriveling remnant of a man hanging on a cross. Never has the Son seen the Father look at him so, never felt even the least of his hot breath. But the roar shakes the unseen world and darkens the visible sky. The Son does not recognize these eyes.
‘Son of Man! Why have you behaved so? You have cheated, lusted, stolen, gossiped—murdered, envied, hated lied. You have cursed, robbed, overspent, overeaten—fornicated, disobeyed, embezzled, and blasphemed. Oh, the duties you have shirked, the children you have abandoned! Who has ever so ignored the poor, so played the coward, so belittled by name? Have you ever held your razor tongue? What a self-righteous, pitiful drunk—you, who molest young boys, peddle killer drugs, travel in cliques, and mock your parents. Who gave you the boldness to rig elections, foment revolutions, torture animals, and worship demons? Does the list never end! Splitting families, raping virgins, acting smugly, playing the pimp—buying politicians, practicing exhortation, filming pornography, accepting bribes. You have burned down buildings, perfected terrorist tactics, founded false religions, traded in slaves—relishing each morsel and bragging about it all. I have, loathe these things in you! Disgust for everything about you consumes me! Can you not feel my wrath?’
Of course the Son is innocent. He is blamelessness itself. The Father knows this. But the divine pair have an agreement, and the unthinkable must now take place. Jesus will be treated as if personally responsible for every sin ever committed.
The Father watches as his heart’s treasure, the mirror-image of himself, sinks drowning into raw, liquid sin. Jehovah’s stored rage against humankind from every century explodes in a single direction.
‘Father! Father! Why have you forsaken me?!’
But heaven stops its ears. The Son stares up at the One who cannot, who will not, reach down or reply.
The Trinity had planned it. The Son endured it. The Spirit enabled him. The Father rejected the Son whom he loved. Jesus, the God-man from Nazareth, perished. The Father accepted his sacrifice for sin and was satisfied. The Rescue was accomplished.’
Don’t move too quickly from this scene. Keep gazing.
The Rescue accomplished here was for you. John Stott writes, ‘Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us (leading us to faith and worship), we have to see it as something done by us (leading us to repentance)….As we face the cross, then, we can say to our selves both ‘I did it; my sins sent Him there,’ and ‘He did it; His love took Him there.’’
Did you see your own offenses on the list of sins that necessitated the Cross? If not, name them yourself. Name your darkest sin. Now reflect on the fact that Christ bore the punishment for that sin. He took the punishment you deserved. Do you feel His passionate and specific love for you? He died for you. He was condemned and cursed so that you could go free—He was forsaken by God so that you would never be forsaken (Hebrews 13:5).” (Boy Meets Girl, 173-176)
So humbling and sobering and yet exciting in view of Sunday coming!
Saturday, December 29, 2012
O the Deep, Deep Love
Love this version of this old hymn!!!
O the Deep, Deep Love by Sovereign Grace
Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In it’s fullness over me.
Underneath me, all around me
Is the current of Your love
Leading onward, leading homeward
To Your glorious rest above.
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In it’s fullness over me.
Underneath me, all around me
Is the current of Your love
Leading onward, leading homeward
To Your glorious rest above.
Oh the deep deep love
All I need and trust
Is the deep deep love of Jesus
All I need and trust
Is the deep deep love of Jesus
Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus
Spread His praise from shore to shore
How He came to pay our ransom
Through the saving cross He bore
How he watches o’re His loved ones
Those He died to make His own
How for them He’s interceding
Pleading now before the throne
How He came to pay our ransom
Through the saving cross He bore
How he watches o’re His loved ones
Those He died to make His own
How for them He’s interceding
Pleading now before the throne
Oh the deep,deep love of Jesus
Far surpassing all the rest
It’s an ocean full of blessing
In the midst of every test
Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus
Mighty Savior, precious Friend
You will bring us home to glory
Where Your love will never end
Far surpassing all the rest
It’s an ocean full of blessing
In the midst of every test
Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus
Mighty Savior, precious Friend
You will bring us home to glory
Where Your love will never end
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Knit Together in Loving Unity
At youth group last night, I was also really encouraged by the message from Colossians that Eric gave. He taught on Colossians 2:1-5 and titled his message The Pinnacle of Our Existence - What is True Christian Maturity?
"For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ."
The part that particularly stuck out to me was in regards to his point that "Christian Maturity Enjoys the Riches of Christ." The riches of Christ are found in 1) encouraged hearts. Believers NEED to be around the body of Christ. We cannot think that we will be okay on our own without fellow believers. We need to be around other believers to receive accountability, to receive encouragement, and even to grow in our knowledge of Christ. The Church provides for this necessity.
Christ's riches are also found in 2) loving unity that is experienced by being knit together with other believers. and are 3) found in full assurance of knowledge and understanding. When we are with other believers we enjoy fellowship that should cause us to love Christ more. We need to be around people who spur us grow in our knowledge for Christ and our love for Him. We cannot think we can do this on our own! The more we get to know Christ and the more we spend time with Him the more we will grow to love Him. The more we spend time with His bride - the Church and the body of Christ - the more we will grow to love Christ and know Him better. We cannot isolate ourselves! We must be with the body so that we may be encouraged in Christ. We cannot be prideful and think that we can think through life on our own; the Church, the body of Christ, and believers are there to help guide and direct. Christ has given us the Church so that we do not have to walk through life alone. Yes, we have Christ to walk through life with but He also provides fellow believers to walk with us as well.
Christian maturity also see and know the danger of Christ-less thinking. (This was Eric's last point) Being with other believers and the Church helps us be watchful of 1) plausible or real arguments that will distract us from Christ. A mature Christian will be aware that he can easily be swayed by his own thinking or worldly thinking that is not honoring or obedient to Christ. When we are digging deeper in the knowledge of Christ we will be well equipped to resist futile thinking. As believers, we can and must encourage one another to run from thoughts distract us from the Gospel. We cannot be encouraged by others if we are not seeking others out and asking for help. We cannot be encouraged by others if we are not in the presence of other believers.
As believers, we must have a "bigger vision" than ourselves and remember that we are part of the body of Christ and we must play our part in the body. We must "be involved" with others and "seek to know God" on our own as well as alongside others. If we are basking in the Gospel each and every day we will see our dependence on Christ and that we need help. We will see that we need accountability and encouragement.
"For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ."
The part that particularly stuck out to me was in regards to his point that "Christian Maturity Enjoys the Riches of Christ." The riches of Christ are found in 1) encouraged hearts. Believers NEED to be around the body of Christ. We cannot think that we will be okay on our own without fellow believers. We need to be around other believers to receive accountability, to receive encouragement, and even to grow in our knowledge of Christ. The Church provides for this necessity.
Christ's riches are also found in 2) loving unity that is experienced by being knit together with other believers. and are 3) found in full assurance of knowledge and understanding. When we are with other believers we enjoy fellowship that should cause us to love Christ more. We need to be around people who spur us grow in our knowledge for Christ and our love for Him. We cannot think we can do this on our own! The more we get to know Christ and the more we spend time with Him the more we will grow to love Him. The more we spend time with His bride - the Church and the body of Christ - the more we will grow to love Christ and know Him better. We cannot isolate ourselves! We must be with the body so that we may be encouraged in Christ. We cannot be prideful and think that we can think through life on our own; the Church, the body of Christ, and believers are there to help guide and direct. Christ has given us the Church so that we do not have to walk through life alone. Yes, we have Christ to walk through life with but He also provides fellow believers to walk with us as well.
Christian maturity also see and know the danger of Christ-less thinking. (This was Eric's last point) Being with other believers and the Church helps us be watchful of 1) plausible or real arguments that will distract us from Christ. A mature Christian will be aware that he can easily be swayed by his own thinking or worldly thinking that is not honoring or obedient to Christ. When we are digging deeper in the knowledge of Christ we will be well equipped to resist futile thinking. As believers, we can and must encourage one another to run from thoughts distract us from the Gospel. We cannot be encouraged by others if we are not seeking others out and asking for help. We cannot be encouraged by others if we are not in the presence of other believers.
As believers, we must have a "bigger vision" than ourselves and remember that we are part of the body of Christ and we must play our part in the body. We must "be involved" with others and "seek to know God" on our own as well as alongside others. If we are basking in the Gospel each and every day we will see our dependence on Christ and that we need help. We will see that we need accountability and encouragement.
Come to Me
Last night we sang this song at youth group. I was again reminded of how encouraging and hopeful a song it is. Be encouraged as I was.
Come to Me by Aaron Shust
Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened
And I will give you rest
Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened
And I will give you rest
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me
For I am gentle and humble in heart
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me
You will find rest for your souls
You will find rest for your souls
Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened
And I will give you rest
Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened
And I will give you rest
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me
For I am gentle and humble in heart
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me
You will find rest for your souls
You will find rest for your souls
For My yoke is easy
And My burden is light
For My yoke is easy
And My burden is light
Simple but comforting lyrics. I LOVE how they are straight out of Matthew 11:28-30.
When we are weary; when we feel like we are carrying a burden that is greater than we can bear or when we feel that nobody else in this world can understand what we are going through...we can go to Christ. He understands. We can go to our Heavenly Father; we can go to our Savior and He will give us rest and peace. He might not take away the burden; He might not take away the trial we are going through but He will give us strength and He will give us peace and rest in knowing that He is with us. We MUST give our burdens to Jesus. We were not meant to bear them alone! That is one of the many wonderful things about our salvation! We have Christ to walk through life with; we have Christ to lead us and carry us; we have Christ to give us strength. He bears our burdens and we MUST look to Him for help.
If we think we can figure out life on our own or if we think we can walk through trials on our own we are sinning. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean NOT on your OWN understanding, but in ALL your ways acknowledge HIM and HE will direct your paths." Verse 7 in Proverbs 5 goes on to say, "Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil." When we do not seek the Lord for help and when we fail to trust in Him we are being prideful and puffed up. We are trusting in our own strength and wisdom. Verse 8 says, "It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones." It seems that the sentence structure of verse 8 is pointing back verses 5-7. "It," in the beginning of verse 8 seems to refer back to the command to trust God and not lean on our own understanding and not being prideful; when we fix our eyes on Christ and trust Him for guidance it will be a healing to our souls.
Christ will bear our burden if we go to him and humble ourselves before Him. He is more than willing to help us and give us rest. He is more than willing to bear our burden for us. We must humble ourselves and trust Him and His word.
"You will find rest for your souls..."
"I will give you rest..."
Come to Me by Aaron Shust
Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened
And I will give you rest
Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened
And I will give you rest
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me
For I am gentle and humble in heart
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me
You will find rest for your souls
You will find rest for your souls
Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened
And I will give you rest
Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened
And I will give you rest
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me
For I am gentle and humble in heart
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me
You will find rest for your souls
You will find rest for your souls
For My yoke is easy
And My burden is light
For My yoke is easy
And My burden is light
Simple but comforting lyrics. I LOVE how they are straight out of Matthew 11:28-30.
When we are weary; when we feel like we are carrying a burden that is greater than we can bear or when we feel that nobody else in this world can understand what we are going through...we can go to Christ. He understands. We can go to our Heavenly Father; we can go to our Savior and He will give us rest and peace. He might not take away the burden; He might not take away the trial we are going through but He will give us strength and He will give us peace and rest in knowing that He is with us. We MUST give our burdens to Jesus. We were not meant to bear them alone! That is one of the many wonderful things about our salvation! We have Christ to walk through life with; we have Christ to lead us and carry us; we have Christ to give us strength. He bears our burdens and we MUST look to Him for help.
If we think we can figure out life on our own or if we think we can walk through trials on our own we are sinning. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean NOT on your OWN understanding, but in ALL your ways acknowledge HIM and HE will direct your paths." Verse 7 in Proverbs 5 goes on to say, "Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil." When we do not seek the Lord for help and when we fail to trust in Him we are being prideful and puffed up. We are trusting in our own strength and wisdom. Verse 8 says, "It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones." It seems that the sentence structure of verse 8 is pointing back verses 5-7. "It," in the beginning of verse 8 seems to refer back to the command to trust God and not lean on our own understanding and not being prideful; when we fix our eyes on Christ and trust Him for guidance it will be a healing to our souls.
Christ will bear our burden if we go to him and humble ourselves before Him. He is more than willing to help us and give us rest. He is more than willing to bear our burden for us. We must humble ourselves and trust Him and His word.
"You will find rest for your souls..."
"I will give you rest..."
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Enough
Praying that I can sing this song with every ounce of my being at all times in my life!!!
Enough
All of You is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You is more than enough
You are my supply
My breath of life
And still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
worth living for
And still more awesome than I know
All of You is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You is more than enough
Youre my sacrifice
Of greatest price
And still more awesome than I know
Youre the coming King
You are everything
And still more awesome than I know
More than all I want
More than all I need
You are more than enough for me
More than all I know
More than all I can say
You are more than enough for me
Enough
All of You is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You is more than enough
You are my supply
My breath of life
And still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
worth living for
And still more awesome than I know
All of You is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You is more than enough
Youre my sacrifice
Of greatest price
And still more awesome than I know
Youre the coming King
You are everything
And still more awesome than I know
More than all I want
More than all I need
You are more than enough for me
More than all I know
More than all I can say
You are more than enough for me
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Jesus, I Come
I thought I had posted this song a while back but I didn't see it anywhere. It words were encouraging to me tonight.
Jesus, I Come by the Shelly Moore Band
Out of my bondage, sorrow and night,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of my sickness, into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of my sickness, into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of earth’s sorrows, into Thy balm,
Out of life’s storms and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of earth’s sorrows, into Thy balm,
Out of life’s storms and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of unrest and arrogant pride,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy blessed will to abide,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of myself to dwell in Thy love,
Out of despair, into raptures above,
Upward for aye on wings like a dove,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy blessed will to abide,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of myself to dwell in Thy love,
Out of despair, into raptures above,
Upward for aye on wings like a dove,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy home,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy home,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
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