WEDNESDAY May 19, 2010

I WILL RISE (Chris Tomlin)

There's a peace I've come to know
Though my heart and flesh may fail
There's an anchor for my soul
I can say "It is well"
Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead
And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise
There's a day that's drawing near
When this darkness breaks to light
And the shadows disappear
And my faith shall be my eyes
Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead
And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise
And I hear the voice of many angels sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the cry of every longing heart,
"Worthy is the Lamb"

I love, love this song.  I heard Chris Tomlin sing this song live on TV the other night and I got so excited that I almost ran through the house.  Worthy is the Lamb.  I hear the angels sing, Worthy, Worthy and I hear the voice of many angels sing.  Can’t you almost hear them singing Worthy, worthy.  I am one of those longing hearts.  Singing and bowing before my Lord, thanking Him for all of His love for me.  I will rise on Eagle’s Wings, before my God and Fall on my knees and Rise, I will rise.  The logic behind falling on my knees and rising doesn’t seem to go together in the natural.  Falling on my knees seems a way of surrendering….how does that add up to rising?  Falling…Rising????  Kingdom principals are so much different than principals of this natural world.  Falling…Rising?? Jesus has overcome and the grave is overwhelmed.  Victory is Won, He is risen from the dead and I WILL RISE.

This thought came to me this morning about banking and the financial aspects of my soul.  How can you draw out of a bank account without first making the deposits in?  Your net worth is made up of many components.  I thought of the value of my soul’s net worth.  I have my main asset which is the solid knowledge that I have been adopted by God, the Creator of the Whole Universe and everything in it.  I am a child of the King.  Everything that belongs to Him, I have inherited.  I have huge deposits in my bank account because of His love for me.  Even in the beginning of this paragraph I was thinking about what I can do.  But the Holy Spirit reminded me that “it” has already been taken care of by Jesus.  My deposits are so very small, they don’t really even make a difference in my “net worth”.  I am an heir, I don’t even have to work, I am a billionaire because my Father is a King.  That humbles me, that makes me get on my knees and say “it is well”, Jesus has overcome.  Jesus has put the deposits into my soul’s bank account.

Not having to work is a concept that naturally rubs against my intellect. It is hard for me to surrender and lay back and accept the lavish life that You have given me.  I border on being “too responsible”.  In the natural that is a good thing, but spiritual principles sometimes seem opposite from the natural (fall…rise???).  I will rejoice in You O Lord, because I know these principles are in Your Word and even if they are hard to understand many times, I will accept them because You have said “it”, I believe “it” and that settles “it”.  The reason I want to read more about “it” is not to add to my bank account, but to take what has already been given and live like a King’s Kid rather than a pauper.  I want to learn more about my inheritance so that I can tell other’s how much You desire to add them to Your family.  To teach other’s how they can become a Child of the King.  Show others what a child looks like that realizes who their Father is and how much He loves them.  Today I am

Falling…Rising????

Mary Ann