"I will not keep silent because of Zion, and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem, until her righteousness shines like a bright light and her salvation, like a flaming torch." (Isaiah 62:1)
‘These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?
But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out.
The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear. Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.
Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.'”
(Deuteronomy 7:17-21)
For He still is the God who parts open the Red Sea, pushes back River Jordon and tears down the walls of Jericho.
He still is the God who turns bitter waters sweet, and commands the sun to stand still.
He still is the God who leads us with a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night.
He still is the God who provides manna from heaven, and brings water from the rock.
He still is the God who shuts the mouths of lions, and turns the heart of the king around.
He still is the God who brings dead bones to life, and calls things that are not as they were.
The Lord still is a sovereign, miracle-working God who goes before like a devouring fire, comes between the enemy and His loved ones and makes a way where there seems to be no way.
Because the Bible says that Jesus Christ is the same – yesterday, today and forevermore.
So can I encourage you?
Don’t yield to your fear. Yield instead to the revelation of who He is.
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“The best is yet to come.”
The anthem of hope firmly fastened to my heart was how I entered into this new year.
God had been speaking to me throughout the previous season, and I knew my expectations from life moving forward were good & glorious.
Looking back to reflect & learn all that 2021 had packed within itself, and reaching forward to lay a hold of what 2022 promised was the delicate beam I found myself balancing on as I made my way into Jan ’22.
Ok.
Now brace for impact.
A day into the new year and I was tested positive with Covid.
Really now?
Friends, over the course of 2021, the Lord had taught me not only the power of his Word, but also the power of standing on his Word. Once he speaks, it is finished. The matter is settled.
So though I had begun this year with an unexpected diagnosis, I knew what the Lord had promised. I knew he would see me through yet another valley and that I would come out not only unscathed and unharmed, but seven times stronger than I was going in.
Because that’s how the Lord works. The restoration he brings about is always to a place better than before. As it is says in the Passion Translation,
“And then, after your brief suffering, the God of all loving grace, who has called you to share in his eternal glory in Christ, will personally and powerfully restore you and make you stronger than ever. Yes, he will set you firmly in place and build you up. And he has all the power needed to do thisāforever! Amen.”
(1 Peter 5:10)
Friends, the Hebrew word for glory is – kabod. Experience with the Lord has taught me that whatever the enemy means for evil will not only be overturned by the hand of the Living God, but also used by him to bring about the manifestation of something good that releases his kabod, his glory into my life.
Please, Lord. Show me how.
God uses All Things
So though I got down with Covid, I found myself involved with two amazing challenges online – a 31-day Wisdom Challenge hosted by Pedro Adao as well as a 5-day Prophetic Planning Challenge by Roma Waterman.
Honing into the voice of the Lord was the number one thing that I needed spiritually, because where the enemy brings chaos, God brings clarity. So I learnt to lean in closer and hear what the Lord was saying and what I heard back from him, friends has given me much hope moving on, not only for a promised future, but for life as it happens – right here, right now.
Let me try and break down the fruit I have received thus far, from this rather uncommon time here:
1. Facebook Lives:
Watching a dazzling array of powerful speakers like Bill Johnson, Lisa Bevere and Heidi Baker across a time span of 31 days in Pedro Adao’s Wisdom Challenge during this time was the very thing that gave me the unction to go ahead with my first set of FB lives!
Though I was physically battling weakness, I experienced the Lord’s anointing work dynamically to create beauty within and bring meaning to an otherwise bleak landscape. I was truly reminded of what they say,
Every dark cloud has a silver lining.
2. The Book of Proverbs:
It was Dr Brian Simmons who in Jan beginning kicked off not only the Wisdom Challenge, but also my own personal time in the Book of Proverbs. Not only have I been enjoying my time in this book, but it has produced much fruit – challenging me, exhorting me, calling me higher.
Lady Wisdom, it seems, must be pursued. And this past season, I have found myself running.
3. Divine Rhythms of Grace, Rest & Play:
Learning to lay down creative projects for a bit and to prioritize instead my personal healing and recovery has been a huge part of my process thus far, but also a kind of eye-opener concerning the true heart of the Father towards me.
I’m learning, friend, that He isn’t after my works. He is after my wholeness – body, spirit and soul.
Author, Hannah Brencher encapsulates this sentiment beautifully as a part of her own personal journey with Jesus this season as she affirms,
I AM IMPORTANT + I MATTER
So with the right order of priorities, I now am learning to create in a grace-filled, restful and playful way through the Lord’s unforced rhythms that keep me whole, and don’t leave me broken.
Because the truth is works don’t validate me. Love does.
4. Soak-Sprout-SautĆØ:
I have also been learning from Jesus the art of soaking + sprouting lentils and whole grains. Finding myself in the kitchen – chopping and sautĆØing – a mixed bag of carrots, beans, cauliflower, capsicum and broccoli has been symbolic of a subtle, but sure shift from my tendency to have processed foods to a much more healthy intake.
Nope, I am not giving a class on cooking, but rather offering on a plate the perspective that my body (and yours) is not a dumpyard, it is a temple of the Holy Spirit – the very house of God.
And what he calls holy ground, I’m learning to too.
5. Switch the Lights:
I also learnt this season a very interesting fact – the white lights that we use in our rooms & homes after sunset deceive our senses into believing that its still day time, which causes us to remain subconsciously alert even after the sun goes down.
This increased brain activity at a time that God designed for our bodies to rest & renew, results in prolonged evenings/nights and crabby mornings.
So what’s the antidote?
A very small change has made a big impact for me, friend.
I decided to ditch the idea of using white lights after sunset, and stick to a yellow table lamp instead. One could actually try candles too. The idea is to create an environment that helps reduce activity and promote rest instead.
Switching the lights can most definitely switch the script.
The God of All Things
Candid confession time now.
Until recently, I believed that God was only interested in moving the big mountains that stood in my way, and didn’t really care that much about my day-to-day life.
But looking back on my experience as I write this today, I am so amazed, friend, at how wonderfully He has revealed himself to me to be both,
The God of the Practical + The God of the Miraculous
My experience in these times testifies that God is a hands-on Father. He is so crazy about His kids that He insists on being involved in the details of our lives.
From hiding tiny surprises for us as He meets our everyday needs to manifesting divine interventions that part the proverbial Red Sea, He is invested in it all as the God of the mundane, but also as the God of the mighty.
So as I wait upon Him to perform the signs, wonders & miracles that I know He has promised me, I am also deeply content in knowing Him as an intimately connected Father who walks with me in the cool of the day, and is hugely interested in revealing His kabod to me – not only one day when, but also right here, right now.
OK.
Enough said.
I’m taking my foot off the gas, friend. We’re almost there!
The ride may have been bumpy at times, I admit. But you chose to stick it out with me, and I commend you for it.
You’ve been brave.
So as I get ready to roll up the windows, I thank you for the priviledge of your company.
I do need you to know that I am proud of journeying alongside a worthy fellow traveller like you. The roadblocks and humps we have needed to manouver were very real, but so was the beauty and the glory that came with the trip.
All because of the reality of a God, who despite my taking leave right now, promises to be by your side forever – without a shadow of turning. So remember to let him in, friend and let him take over.
For its this kind of genius love that gets in the driver’s seat for us, and taking a hold of the steering wheel of our lives; leans over waiting patiently as we settle into the passenger seat, to hand us a steaming cup of mocha with a glint in his eye that lovingly says,
“Buckle up, babycakes. Its your Father who has the wheel.”
The Lord first laid this verse on my heart a couple of months back with regard to a personal initiative that I believe He is calling me to take up. Someone who absolutely delights in chronicling everything that Jesus tells me in multiple journals, I made a quick note.
But as I did, a really funny thing began to unravel in the days and weeks ahead.
What began as a fancy name for a future enterprise slowly morphed into a most stunning personal revelation. Seeking to share what I have learnt, allow me to welcome you to a tiny segment of my personal walk with Christ called,
“Small Things with Great Love.”
I believe that it was Mother Teresa who first contrived this phrase in her well-known adage,
“We cannot all do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
Though there is much to say about our faith walk with the Lord, what I love most about it is that it can all be summed up into one simple law, the law of love – ‘and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Mark 12:30-32, ESV)
More often than not, I feel that as children of God who are learning to walk with the Lord, we can tend to overcomplicate things. We can start to think about our calling and destiny in terms of something quite spectacular and grand which will happen, ‘one day when.’
One day when I get my degree and start my practice..
One day when I get married and start my ministry..
One day when I get my breakthrough and the path ahead is cleared..
But what I have discovered is that all we ever have is the ‘here and now.’ As long as we are sowing in love in our lives on a daily basis, we can be rest assured that whatever the Lord has promised us in the ‘then and there’ will manifest most organically as a result of our humble obedience and loving devotion – right here, right now.
1.Loving God well
Our primary calling in life is to know God and love God. I have learnt by experience that what this basically means is a lifestyle of unbroken fellowship with the heart of our Perfect Father, something which doesn’t only happen in and through our spiritual disciplines like prayer and quiet time with the Lord (though those are really important!), but rather in and through the beauty of an authentic heart-to-heart connect with the Lord through the hours of our day.
In my own personal walk with Christ, I have discovered that one way to effectively put this truth into practice is to remain in a relational dialogue with the Lord as we walk through whatever it is that we are called to in our day-to-day life.
Whether it is in the context of family, community, business, workplace or ministry, what confounds us is never beyond the wisdom of heaven. I have learned the value of taking my questions to Jesus, instead of striving to find solutions in my own limited strength. What inevitably follows is not only a satisfactory response from God that promises resolution, but also strength and strategy for the journey as I embrace my process, knowing that God controls the outcomes and therefore, they remain secure.
The net result of such a lifestyle, friends is a deepened and more dependent relationship with the Father where He leads, and we follow. Walking in humble steps that keep Him involved in our daily lives not only demonstrates our love for Him, but also brings the awe and wonder of God into our otherwise mundane lives, keeping the adventure fresh and exciting.
Love, I’m learning, is its own reward.
2. Loving ourselves well
Fuelled by the transforming power of grace, rest and self-care; I am also learning the power of loving myself well. We cannot pour from an empty cup, but for my cup to run over, I not only have to receive the love of God for me in its fullness, but let my experience of that love transform the way I see myself and love myself.
Grace Talking of grace, our Father personifies it fully in the person of Jesus and as I take my cues from Him, I am learning to not be too hard on myself but rather give myself the kind of grace that I receive from the Lord too. Letting Him teach me to understand myself with mercy, not judgement has one of the most challenging yet satisfying part of my journey to wholeness thus far.
Though the times I fail or falter are many, learning to correct my posture in such times from self-condemnation to self-compassion has begun to awaken me to the truth that God does not call me to a life of perfection, but rather perspective. I wasn’t created to have it all together, but rather to bring all the messy parts of me to Jesus, letting His perfection fill in the gaps. For in Him, I am complete. The Lord couldn’t have said it better when He spoke thus to apostle Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ESV)
And because it is, I am learning to let go and let God. Letting God not only inhabit those spaces of my soul where His power is made perfect in my weakness but also take over as it relates to the situations and circumstances of my life, which brings me to the topic of rest.
Rest Friends, though there are many ways to practice rest, I have found that they are all rooted in one common truth – trust.
Our most basic human instinct is to have control, but the word of God says that love always trusts (1 Corinthians 13:7). Control has to do with fear, but love will inspire trust. As image bearers of God being transformed into His likeness which is the purest love ever, a huge part of our process with the Lord has to do with releasing control and replacing it with simple, childlike trust.
I am discovering that when I do what the Psalmist describes in Psalm 56:3, ESV “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you,” I immediately enter into a place of deeper rest as a result of placing my trust in the right place – Him.
Not in my limited ability, and not in the broken state of my circumstances, but rather in Jesus – the author and perfector of my faith (Hebrews 12:2). Each time I sense fear creeping up, tempting me to take control, I have to be very intentional about acknowledging that the Lord is sovereign – over every nation, every household, every heart. And if He said it, He will do it.
This is a gentle reminder that I give myself several times a day, and the more I do, the more I am able to trust Him and the more at rest I am internally.
Self-care The third counterpart in the realm of loving ourselves well that I have found, friends is self-care.
Taking the time to engage in an activity that serves to rekindle our passion and zest for life while simultaneously connect us to the heart of the Father is a wonderful way, I believe, to remind ourselves that we are worthy to be taken care of, to be nurtured, to be replenished.
A personal revival is always at the core of revival in our families and communities. Though there are several things that we can indulge in, I have learnt that commiting to what is most authentic will be the most fruitful.
For some of us, this can look like catching up with a trusted friend over coffee at Starbucks. For some, it can take the form of reading through a fictional novel that transports us and stimulates our imagination. For some, it can even be fixing a jigsaw puzzle in the cosy comfort of their home, while for others, it can look like long walks and evening strolls with Jesus.
Let me share a true story at this point. On the other side of having begun this post, I found myself thrust into an unexpected trial. Since my temperament is basically like that of a finisher, I had kept a target of 2-3 days when I would write, finish, edit, pray and publish. However, the process that the Lord had in His mind for me, was quite different.
Though I don’t believe that He causes our troubles, I do believe that He uses them for our development. And this much I knew, I had hit a valley.
As the Lord shepherded me through this difficult time, I learnt how to love myself well in a whole new way. Walking out the impact I had endured hand-in-hand with the Father, I was compelled to give myself grace even if I never completed what I had begun. And perhaps, especially then. I was inspired to take adequate rest not only physically, but also spiritually as the Lord challenged me to trust Him to complete that which He had begun. Any voice of self-condemnation was replaced by the voice of self-compassion as I took the necessary measures to heal, recover and rebound well.
Coming out on the other side, I am so pleased to share that as a result of learning to love myself well through this time, I have come forth more refined, more rested, more whole, more free and more empowered. I also feel better positioned to love my neighbour more authentically because I know what it is to love myself the way God loves me.
3. Loving our neighbour as ourselves
I believe that God deposits the seeds of a prosperous future in our present. We are summoned by Him into a lifestyle of daily devotions and daily missions where it is not so much our ability that qualifies us, but rather our availability before the Lord.
The people that He has called us to love and serve are always around and about us. So, I will share here a couple of questions I have started asking God in prayer that have empowered me to be the hands and feet of Christ to help those around me:
– Who can I help today? – Who can I encourage? – Who can I pray for? – Who can I bring loving correction to? – Who can I forgive and bless?
As I write these questions for you to ponder, I am struck by the fact that all these questions have one thing in common –
‘Who.’
I feel we can often stumble over the ‘what’ in terms of our calling/destiny. My own experience testifies. But what I am learning and seeing is that the Lord wants us to pay attention to the ‘who’ – His son or daughter that is right in front of us. And as we do, He promises to make all things manifest in His perfect way and timing.
In other words, the question perhaps is not so much as, “what am I called to do?” as it is, “who am I called to love?”
Personally, this approach has been hugely rewarding for me. I have since found myself more present in my day-to-day life. Whether it was organising a vehicle for a young girl stranded on the street desperate for a ride to her destination, fetching medication to aid the recovery of my auto-rick guy, or agreeing to speak the truth in love to a family member; walking in tune with the rhythm of the Father’s heart postures me to be more aware of and attentive to the needs of the people that God has placed in front of me – right here, right now.
For it is our obedience in the here and now that is instrumental in unlocking the realms and doors of our destiny in the then and there, simply because all that we are and all that we do is grounded in the primary call of beholding and becoming love.
The value that God places on love above all else is clearly revealed in the passage that says, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-3, ESV)
I believe that God here is saying that no matter how accomplished we are, no matter how much knowledge we possess, no matter how theologically sound our doctrine is, if we have not love, we have nothing at all.
Conversely, even if the areas of our calling and destiny seem a bit obscure, we don’t need to despair. We are encouraged by heaven to start small and begin right where we find ourselves. We can all learn to love God, love ourselves and love our neighbour as ourselves right where we are at. And as we do, the Lord promises to go before and do what only He can do.
So as we walk in radical obedience friends, may we be encouraged to remember that our tiny acts of faith executed on a daily basis will inevitably add up to a glorious destiny. For the liberating truth of the Simple Gospel is that we don’t really need to do grand things for God to make a difference, but only small things with great love.
Friends, this was my desire since the beginning of 2020. I kid you not.
Ever since I discovered it right next to my home, I really wanted to hop across and sip some coffee with Jesus here, but somehow or the other, I couldn’t.
Today however, was different.
I know that we have hit that time of the year – apples š or pumpkin š ?
I personally really love apples. So that was my intent as I made my way to Starbucks today – a slice of apple pie.
Yup, I didn’t know it. But I guess you figured!
Starbucks doesn’t offer apple pie, but what it does offer is a drink of ‘Pumpkin Spice Latte.’
ā slurp..
Jesus trains us to make the best of every opportunity. So what was going to stop me now?
You guessed it – nothing.
Though I am an apple person, I like pumpkin too and especially when I get to inaugurate Fall with Jesus through it!
‘Pumpkin Spice Latte,’ I am happy to report, was simply super! I realised that I could be equally happy with both – šš After all, the girl in the story delighted in both too. She picked both – the reddest of apples and also, the perfect pumpkin.
So why do we get to choose?
Not sure .. for I love ’em both and as I go into Fall, I am entering with both, a whiff of pumpkin š but also with the hope of some delicious apple pie š
“Can you not discern this new day of destiny breaking forth around you? The early signs of my purposes and plans are bursting forth. The budding vines of new life are now blooming everywhere. The fragrance of their flowers whispers, āThere is change in the air.ā Arise, my love, my beautiful companion, and run with me to the higher place. For now is the time to arise and come away with me.”
(Song of songs 2:13, The Passion Translation)
On my walk this evening friends, I felt the Lord lay this portion of Scripture on my heart.
Navigating a shift in season perhaps, never felt more challenging. Yet, His Word remains a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. I believe there is change in the air and the sound of the cooing of doves in our land.
Does that mean there won’t be another dark night?
No.
But will that hinder the plans and purposes of our Father?
No!
So as we head into our week, I hope and pray that we will fix the gaze of our hearts onto Jesus – the author and the perfector of our faith.
Counting it all as joy, because ALL things work together for our good and His glory when His vantage point becomes our own.
I have often heard people worship God with phrases like,
āYou reign above it all! You reign above it all!ā
Until some time back, I used to think that this meant that God reigned above the messes of our everyday lives, above the chaos and confusion, above the trials and the tribulation, quite unmoved and untouched because …
… well… because He is God.
But I am so delighted to learn that I was wrong.
Our God reigns above it all. Yes, absolutely He does.
But what Iām learning now is that He reigns above it all because He is not intimidated by the work of the powers of darkness in the world.
Itās a different deal altogether.
The truth is that God is not moved by the condition of our world because He is confident in His ability to redeem and transform. In that sense, He is not moved means that He is not intimidated. It does NOT mean that He is not touched by it.
He is.
He created us and He created the world. So how can He possibly not be touched?
I repeat.
He is.
God is very much touched by what touches us. He is grieved by what grieves us. He is moved by what moves us.
John 11:35 testifies to what I feel is one of the most profound Bible verses to ever be recorded. Though the shortest, it is one of the most loaded verses ever. It goes something like this,
āJesus wept.ā
Thatās it.
Two words that reveal the sheer humanity of Jesus.
God, who wrapped Himself up in flesh to tabernacle with us and make His dwelling in our midst, wept. God, who spoke the Universe into existence at His command such that it continues to expand even today, wept. God, who reigns higher than the highest heavens and remains securely seated on His Throne forevermore, wept.
Jesus wept, friends.
And thatās exactly why He moves.
He moves when we are moved for He is moved by the feeling of our infirmity.
When we are overcome with sorrow, He is moved to heal, mend and restore us. When we are confronted with an impossible situation, He is moved to give us His promises and the assurance of our hope. When we are walking through a trial, He is moved to lead us, guide us and shape us through it.
Rewind 2000 years back.
When we were unable to do anything in our own strength to save ourselves, He was moved by the feeling of our infirmity so much so that He sent His one and only begotten son, Jesus to hang on that Cross at Calvary as both, our redemption AND our redemption price.
He was moved to make a way for our salvation and our connection to the Father Heart of God.
So how can HE not be moved by what moves us?
He absolutely is.
He is moved when we are moved by the condition of a lost and broken world. He is moved when in the face of hate, we choose love; in the face of anger; we choose peace; in the face of judgement, we choose grace; in the face of injustice, we choose forgiveness; in the face of persecution, we choose prayer.
āAnd my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.ā (Philippians 4:19)
I believe that we are in a season where God is teaching us to have our needs met in Him and through Him.
Itās much like little children. Having their needs met has nothing to do with who they are, but EVERYTHING to do with who they belong to.
Likewise, in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Jesus is reported to have said this while ministering to people during His time on earth,
āTruly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.ā (Matthew 18:3)
The mysteries and the benefits of the Kingdom of Heaven are best experienced when we remain like little children before the Lord.
Little children trust.
Still unmarred by the pain and trauma of life, little children are quite innocent. So they find it easy to trust.
They donāt doubt and question everything like we do. They are honest and vulnerable. They donāt pretend and find themselves at ease when safely and closely cradled.
Our Heavenly Father calls us to be just like that. Christ Jesus reconciles us to the Father Heart of God, and restores our child like innocence once we enter into a relationship with Him.
He is completely faithful and absolutely trustworthy. He is the best illustration of a Perfect Father. He loves us with a Perfect Love – a Love so complete that it can never be earned or deserved, but only received like a little child by a child of God who belongs to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Itās giving into this Father-child relationship that restores our soul and our lives. Itās being willing to receive His Love and His Promises with unrestrained delight and child like wonder that heals us. Itās laying our worries and insecurities at the feet of Jesus, and replacing what we donāt know about the future with the Truth of what we DO KNOW about God that redeems us.
Every single time.
Because He always comes through.
Every single time.
Whatever I have ever needed, His Hands have always faithfully provided. He hasnāt failed me yet, and He wonāt start now because He never changes.
He is a Father – a Perfect Father.
And I take heart in knowing that as we too faithfully surrender to the process that He has for us where we allow ourselves to be loved, taught and provided for by Him, that we will be better prepared to handle seasons where the Lord brings to us our promised inheritance.
Times and seasons change as they belong to a never changing God.
But the degree to which we change and are authentically transformed is the degree to which we can fully step into our inheritance at the appointed time.
So Iām learning to live like a much loved child of God who delightfully receives everything that her Father wants to give her. Iām learning to let go and trust that He has got my back covered. Iām learning to understand that I donāt need to understand everything in order to walk with Someone who knows the end from the beginning. Iām learning to be loved by Him and to love in response.
Iām learning that He is Faithful and therefore, I can have faith that this is not the end of my story.
Times and seasons change, but Iām learning to acknowledge that as I let Him guide and provide in the season Iām currently in, I will have the spiritual muscles I need in the Promised Land.
Because I will know who my Father is and the family I come from.
Simply because it has nothing to do with me, but everything to do with who I belong to.
And Iām suspecting that the same holds true for you.
Lord, would You come? With mighty displays of power Dispel all darkness For we need You in this day and hour.
Help us, guide us, support us With constant affirmations of Your Love This blue-green planet is Your garden So whatever comes against, we pray to the side You shove.
We ask for wisdom, strength and faith To move with You like never before Watch these mountains crumble For Your promises are till forevermore.
Keep us covered under the majesty of Your Mighty wings Youāre an oasis of peace and strength Our one and only safe haven The rest we keep at armās length.
You still the storm to a whisper You hush the waves of the sea So in the authority of Your Name We will rest in the middle of the mystery.
For weāve read the end of The Book And we know full well that we win So whatever has come or will We declare You are well able to unhook.
Glorify Your Name Do it once again Certainly we will wait For we are not taking any other bait.
All my times are in Your Hands And You flow like a river through them You never ever change So that shall remain my confidence.
Carefree in the care of God Thereās no other place that Iād rather trod Other than those that You have earmarked For Youāre the trailblazer who has my steps sparked.
Having marked them all with the claim pegs of victory You walk with me as You unravel the mystery Of what You have already written in the pages of Your Heart In order that each day would be a brand new start.
Fresh faith, focus and favour greet me As I wait for You to anoint me With the sweet fragrance of fellowship That is more precious than the sweetest friendship.
I run to You so we can run together No more going, hither and thither For Your ways are sure and steadfast Much like a ship thatās supported by its mast.
We sail, we cruise, we ride, we surf For the path You lead me on is like a green, grassy turf It shines at times with drops of dew And I look straight up for You make all things new.
Youāre The Lion of the tribe of Judah So I raise my, āHallelujah!ā Having burned the plough to my past I let go and look forward to a life in vivid colour and sharp contrast.
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