I wonder Lord what reason you have for keeping me here on this earth. I long for you, this is not my home!!! Every fragment of my being groans against every aspect of this culture, every idea and thought of what I should do or be, every reason I'm alive. I'm alive simply for you, but I would rather just be with you in Heaven!!! Why am I still here??
And is this not the point? Is my allegiance to this world? No. Therefore my being yearns for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water. My everything is you. I MUST be dissatisfied with anything but YOU... all of you. For to be comfortable here... is to not be sitting against your chest. For my Kingdom is YOUR Kingdom, and it is no earthly place. Therefore my gaze is set on heaven, my heart is fixed on you. Abba I am coming. Oh how I am coming.
"I want to touch your wounds, I want to see your face
I want to kiss your feet, the very feet of grace.
I long to leave this world! To be complete and free.
To sit before your throne, and forever worship thee.
Yet while I'm on this earth, I want to do the same
Learn to live in grace, forgetting all shame.
To pour myself out before thee, as oil from precious Jar
Scent of my life swirling, lifting honor from afar.
Oh Abba Father teach me! To live and love and be!
On this earth to learn, of being freed to free.
I see the signs around me, the time of earth has past
Oh Father bring your kingdom! your kingdom that will forever last!
Poise my pen and paintbrush, move my tongue and heel
Pour my life out here on earth, that your people would see and feel!
For now I see but through a glass so dimly, than later face to face.
Oh how I long to lift my eyes, up to yours of grace."
I want to kiss your feet, the very feet of grace.
I long to leave this world! To be complete and free.
To sit before your throne, and forever worship thee.
Yet while I'm on this earth, I want to do the same
Learn to live in grace, forgetting all shame.
To pour myself out before thee, as oil from precious Jar
Scent of my life swirling, lifting honor from afar.
Oh Abba Father teach me! To live and love and be!
On this earth to learn, of being freed to free.
I see the signs around me, the time of earth has past
Oh Father bring your kingdom! your kingdom that will forever last!
Poise my pen and paintbrush, move my tongue and heel
Pour my life out here on earth, that your people would see and feel!
For now I see but through a glass so dimly, than later face to face.
Oh how I long to lift my eyes, up to yours of grace."
Yes, Yes and Amen.
1 comment:
Thank you so much for sharing your heart again, my friend. It is always so encouraging.
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