One of my fellow Gateway participants just played this song and it has been a favourite for a while, I'll explain after you've had a chance to read the lyrics :)
Hosanna - Hillsong United
I see the king of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes
I see his love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing
Hosanna
Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith
I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees
We're on our knees
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me
Break my heart from what breaks yours
Everything I am for your kingdoms cause
As I go from nothing to Eternity
Hosanna in the highest
The 2 points in this song that will either send chills down my spine or tears to my eyes are:
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith
I teach.. big surprise eh! But not just as a profession but as a calling, and every time I see a child of mine pray, worship or just talk about their personal relationship with our Saviour it all makes sense. All the long hours, paperwork and times of just pulling lumps of hair out my head, they're just all worth while.. that is the generation I see rising to take our place, and that my friends is the reason I teach.
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me
I live and work in Africa (well technically float in African waters) and the longer I am there the easier it is to start to close my eyes to the hurt in west Africa.. I honestly pray that my eyes or always opened to the things that God see's. That I weep His tears and hurt His hurt. I don't ever want to reach the point where the poverty or need doesn't affect me anymore.. but secretly I am always afraid that it might, 'God give me grace'.
Ben
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