Arise and Shine!

What a beautiful day! The Lord woke me up this morning at just the right moment when I turned over in bed toward the window, the sun boldly rose up over the horizon. And when I opened the word a little later it opened to Isa.60. Not the usual reading for most on this day. For years I have been opposed to the untimely traditions of men and preached against the wrongness of them, but I have also been in the wrong. It is right to say that the church has strayed in regards to how they remember the resurrection, mixing with earthly things. But I have not helped in pointing our eyes to the One who arose. My focus has also been on these earthly things.... in opposition to them.​

In Isaiah 60  the Lord shows us that we will no longer be subject to earthly time. Not that the sun and moon will forever go away(Ps 89, 136), but that for us we will not need to be subject to its timing(v 19-20)(Rev 21:23, 22:5), their rising and setting, waxing and waning. The true Son is everlasting Light; there is no waxing and waning with Him.

His time is not April 20 or back in the month of March like last year's observance of the resurrection. He appointed a day almost two millennia ago, not making his purpose fit into our calendar but making a day to fulfil His purpose.

Basking in the Son today...

Lift me up to Thee!

Thou brought me up
From a place where things
Could never satisfy
Out from the desert
To a place
Where the waters
Never run dry

Lift me up to Thee!

Let us walk from a place
Where the sands blow around
Up to a place of fruitful ground
Out from the desert dry
Up to a garden on
A mountain high

Lift me up to Thee!

Soaring High

Ready to step off this earthly ground

Knowing that it is in Him I am found

Higher I go to a place I can't see

Closer I am hiding in Thee

 

My treasure place

My heavenly store

Lift me up and make me soar!

 

Wind beneath these arms of feathers

Draw me up from the earthly nether

Soaring high to heavenly realm

To rest with Thee at Thy helm

 

 

 

 

Fear not tomorrow, God is already there

 

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water
Out of the wells of salvation.
And in that day shall ye say,
Praise the Lord.
(Repeat)

Call upon His name,
Declare His doings among the people,
Make mention that His name is exalted.
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion:
For great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

*artwork by blog author

 

Trodding that Same Path

When any ounce of my being is lifted up
My Lord reminds me that it is with the meek with whom He will sup
When any praise swells my heart inside
My Lord reminds me that grace is given to the humble not the one with pride

My knees must be flexible and always ready to bend
As a sheep who is willing to let it’s Shepherd tend
Comfort comes from knowing that He with His staff and rod
Will lovingly train and conform me and lead me up the same Path He trod

The Killing Zone

From the comfort of my chair

 As I sit with little care

 A thought comes to mind

“How could I be so unkind?

 Forgetting those our brethren

 Also looking forward to the Kingdom of Heaven"

As I fall down to my knees

“Father, help them please.

 Endure the pain of torture

 To remember their Hope so sure

 And as men seek to take their life,

 Remind them that Jesus did not fight back in strife"

Prostrate on my face I now lie

“Make me worthy Lord also to die.

 To suffer for Thy name

 And bring thee glory not shame

 Just like those thy saints in the killing zone

 Patiently longing for their true home"