our god reigns, forever his kingdom reigns
This morning we sang these lines from a delirious? song:
40 million babies lost to Gods great orphanage,
It’s a modern day genocide and a modern day disgrace
If this is a human right then why aren’t we free?
The only freedom we have is in a man nailed to a tree.
100 million faces, staring at the sky,
Wondering if this HIV will ever pass us by.
The devil stole the rain and hope trickles down the plug,
But still my Chinese take away could pay for someone’s drugs.
Our God reigns, Our God reigns,
Forever your kingdom reigns.
This is quite possibly the rawest and most powerful expression of the reality of the world we live in. We live in a place of where governments like Sudan can commit genocide against their citizens. We live in a place where children in Nicaragua are raped and molested before they learn to read. We live in a place where men are shot on the streets of anderson and left for dead. We live in a place where healthy lives are instantly condemned with words like cancer, stroke, and heart attack. We live in a place where 25 year-old marriages self-destruct, imploding on hope, love, and family alike.
We live in a place where it hardly feels like God reigns. And if he does, it sure is easy to miss it amongst the darkness of our lives.
And yet, we claim the truth that with Jesus, God's Kingdom does reign. This kingdom is different though -- bigger, deeper, and more powerful than this crap we live. It seems that in the times we most feel the brokenness of this world are the times we most recognize and feel the beauty of the promise of kingdom of God. A kingdom of truth, holiness, peace, love, and power.
Perhaps this feeling is captured best in the cliche of "light is brighter surrounded by darkness." Peace offered in Christ feels more alive in a world scarred by war. Love offered from a Godly father is more bold in a family torn by abandonment. Freedom in christ is more life-giving in world bound by brokenness and sin. In short, God's Kingdom is made more real, more necesary, and more desired in our suffering.
So this is my bold, desperate yell from the bottom of my lungs out to the depths of the heavens:
OUR GOD REIGNS,
FOREVER YOUR KINGDOM REIGNS!!
It is a yell muffled by suffering, boldened by reality, and amplified by hope.
40 million babies lost to Gods great orphanage,
It’s a modern day genocide and a modern day disgrace
If this is a human right then why aren’t we free?
The only freedom we have is in a man nailed to a tree.
100 million faces, staring at the sky,
Wondering if this HIV will ever pass us by.
The devil stole the rain and hope trickles down the plug,
But still my Chinese take away could pay for someone’s drugs.
Our God reigns, Our God reigns,
Forever your kingdom reigns.
This is quite possibly the rawest and most powerful expression of the reality of the world we live in. We live in a place of where governments like Sudan can commit genocide against their citizens. We live in a place where children in Nicaragua are raped and molested before they learn to read. We live in a place where men are shot on the streets of anderson and left for dead. We live in a place where healthy lives are instantly condemned with words like cancer, stroke, and heart attack. We live in a place where 25 year-old marriages self-destruct, imploding on hope, love, and family alike.
We live in a place where it hardly feels like God reigns. And if he does, it sure is easy to miss it amongst the darkness of our lives.
And yet, we claim the truth that with Jesus, God's Kingdom does reign. This kingdom is different though -- bigger, deeper, and more powerful than this crap we live. It seems that in the times we most feel the brokenness of this world are the times we most recognize and feel the beauty of the promise of kingdom of God. A kingdom of truth, holiness, peace, love, and power.
Perhaps this feeling is captured best in the cliche of "light is brighter surrounded by darkness." Peace offered in Christ feels more alive in a world scarred by war. Love offered from a Godly father is more bold in a family torn by abandonment. Freedom in christ is more life-giving in world bound by brokenness and sin. In short, God's Kingdom is made more real, more necesary, and more desired in our suffering.
So this is my bold, desperate yell from the bottom of my lungs out to the depths of the heavens:
OUR GOD REIGNS,
FOREVER YOUR KINGDOM REIGNS!!
It is a yell muffled by suffering, boldened by reality, and amplified by hope.
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