In your sanctuary Lord,this is what I have on my heart today.
I'm humbled by you.
So humbled.
I cannot move.
You have rooted me down into your presence this day.
And I physically can't move.
I want to stay here forever.
I hear from the mists of your presence a new song, distant, yet strong and clear.
A Holy clarity.
Bonded with peace.
I know in this sanctuary a new song has been sealed with a declaration.
A declaration that you are king. King of all.
The new song I hear speaks of new things. As the sounds meet my ears they flow straight to my heart. The new song carries the words of a father. Words that are full of strength and glory. Words that speak gently and powerfully at the same time. Words that change us in an instant. The new song beckons me to move out of the things that hold me back. The things that I need to step out of. The words invite me to stop singing the old song. To stop holding on to the old song hoping that it might open up new things for me.
I hear this.
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Revelation 21: 4
The old order of things.
The old song.
Has passed away.
I am ready to pick up this new song and carry it like a bag of gold into the rest of my life.
A resolve.
My life has been a continuation of generations of Salvationists.
Five generations.
I was birthed into Army life.
Literally.
And.
Here I am now an officer.
And I see so much of it confined to the old song.
And even though I see it, Lord, that is in your hands only.
For me I want to step into the new song.
I see the dying, the broken, the sick, the lost. I see there hands outstretched and their necks straining trying to catch a sound from the new song. I also see a different Army rising up singing a new song. An Army raised from the streets of despair, from the cities that have been ruined, from the listlessness of the old song, rescuing, loving and giving, not with the complexities of doctrine and theology but with the simple love of Jesus.
Which song are you singing?
Sing to The Lord a new song. Sing to The Lord all the earth. Sing to The Lord praise his name; Proclaim his salvation day after day.declare his glory among the nations, his marvellous deeds among all peoples. For great is The Lord and most worthy of praise, he is to be feared among all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols., but The Lord made the heavens. Splendour and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary. Psalm 96: 1-6
May God pour favour on your life today.
