Count the cost and then you'll see
the cost of all is following me.
The suffering and pain we see all around
how can it all on this earth abound
when we know with truth that comes from above
the One who saves, the One who loves?
How can we see the pain so real
and sit and watch and just sit still?
How can we know the One who heals
and just watch the world suffer?
When will it be that I can help?
When will it be that I will live?
When will it be that my heart will matter,
in his hands? In his hands?
When will it be that I will know
what the future holds for us below?
When will it be that I can see
just what it means to have victory
when all I see around
is how suffering does abound?
When will we see the coming King
and know his works everlasting?
When will we know the grace bestowed
and the Kingdom that is at hand?
When will we know?
When will I know the part that I'll play
upon this earth while here I stay?
When will I know the difference I'll make?
When will I know what path to take?
When will I know? When will I know,
the difference of him in me?
26 June 2007
It is with a heavy heart that sometimes I look out upon the world. Where is my God? Where is he? I am right here, he says. But why is he not more noticeable to the world? Why don't we see his works more readily, hear his voice more clearly, see his love more plainly? The arguments and excuses abound, yet in our minds the understanding is not enough. Our hearts long to know the true God, to see him fully, to know him more real. He is here, he is a part of us and our lives, he is God. He is the one who never leaves us, he is the one who never forsakes us. But in times of darkness and drought, when he seems to be missing, these words seem to be like echoes in an empty hall with only the dust to settle upon them. Where is our God when the emotions can't feel him, when the depths our our hearts seem full of sorrow, when the dancing and music has died and the depth of the night has come, where is he?
I am here, he says. In every moment of every day. Unseen and seen. Unknown, yet known. My words never go away - whether you feel them or not. The truth of them never fades. What I have once declared will always be, whether it was today, or years ago in history. The truth of my words carries you and gives you the breath you need. You live because of me. You have food and water because of me. Man cannot create these things, but only God above. Man has yet to replicate the basic necessities you need. Find me in these and know I still care. Find me in these and know I never change. I am with you. Then, look about you into the heavens and see the stars above. They were put there by a being greater than you. Man cannot replicate this feat - and never will. I have shown myself with power beyond what man will ever be able to do or to replicate. Know these things and then look at your heart and know that such a small thing is still in my hands as well. A treasure to you - it is precious to me as well, because it belongs to you. My love is not so great that it cannot be divyed into parcels just your size. Yet my love is so great that it will never end, never be phased, never will be taken from you. There is nothing in this world or beyond that can hold back and restrain my love for my people. I have given you all and yet I will give more. You will find me and know me as I reveal myself to you.
I am here, he says. In every moment of every day. Unseen and seen. Unknown, yet known. My words never go away - whether you feel them or not. The truth of them never fades. What I have once declared will always be, whether it was today, or years ago in history. The truth of my words carries you and gives you the breath you need. You live because of me. You have food and water because of me. Man cannot create these things, but only God above. Man has yet to replicate the basic necessities you need. Find me in these and know I still care. Find me in these and know I never change. I am with you. Then, look about you into the heavens and see the stars above. They were put there by a being greater than you. Man cannot replicate this feat - and never will. I have shown myself with power beyond what man will ever be able to do or to replicate. Know these things and then look at your heart and know that such a small thing is still in my hands as well. A treasure to you - it is precious to me as well, because it belongs to you. My love is not so great that it cannot be divyed into parcels just your size. Yet my love is so great that it will never end, never be phased, never will be taken from you. There is nothing in this world or beyond that can hold back and restrain my love for my people. I have given you all and yet I will give more. You will find me and know me as I reveal myself to you.
01 May 2007
My love I have poured out on you from above. I have given you my Name, as a people you carry it. Be bold and carry it forth as I have commanded you to do, and live for me each day. As a people, a body of me, I have created you as a testimony of who I am - to show my glory to this world. The days are shortening as my return is hastening fast. I am looking for a bride who will share my glory; who will show me. I have created my bride to show me. Prepare my bride for the day that is to come - the day of glory in me.
I am awaiting an awakening in you. Like sap rises in a tree in a spring thaw, my church will awaken and show the glory of me. The leaves are the glory - the bride I foresee, the trunk is my church - the testimony of me, the roots are my kingdom - the depth of me. Be rooted, my church, in the kingdom. Grow and awaken, sprout leaves. Then the fruit will come. Be strong as stone, a thick trunk that has grown in me.
I am awaiting an awakening in you. Like sap rises in a tree in a spring thaw, my church will awaken and show the glory of me. The leaves are the glory - the bride I foresee, the trunk is my church - the testimony of me, the roots are my kingdom - the depth of me. Be rooted, my church, in the kingdom. Grow and awaken, sprout leaves. Then the fruit will come. Be strong as stone, a thick trunk that has grown in me.
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