I wanted to write a few entries on the stories/words behind some of my songs.
Entry 1- Heaven
“This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”-Matthew 6:9-10
When heaven invaded earth, the real Jesus encountered a broken world in need of healing and became the ultimate offering in order to unleash the atmosphere of heaven to all of our flawed, vile, dark humanity.
This is the mystery of the gospel and the cross. It’s the wonder that is the miracle.
A king left his throne and wrapped himself in flesh and became one of us, to suffer the most agonizing death in order that He might unlock the power of the kingdom of heaven and make a way for us to have access to the unstoppable nature of who He is.
He is life and where He is life springs up out of dead places. He loves to make dead, hopeless things beautiful. He loves to revive and restore. He is Emmanuel, God with us.
We are sons and daughters of this heavenly kingdom. We have the authority to speak to the darkness and to make the darkness flee. Where there is light darkness has to die.
In heaven there is no sorrow, there is no pain, there is no suffering. There is only peace and joy. So may we be the bold couriers of this living gospel message. Wherever our feet tread may we spread these sounds of heaven. May we see our churches and cities encounter the real Jesus and with that encounter may we see heaven invade this planet and heal this broken world. I’m not looking for just another touch I’m just looking for the real Jesus. Be the hope.
Heaven fall down on me!
The Lord’s prayer is so incredibly powerful, why did we let it lie dormant for so long! It is my hearts cry for the last two years now to bring it back to the minds of Christians who are forgetting the magnificant power behind the simple words spoken to us by our Savior Jesus Christ of Nazareth, to wake up sleeping and lazy Christian warriors! We should be moving and reaching out, touching and healing and bring His hope to those around us but choose to hang back in the shadows waiting for others to go, why, why, why…? Thank you for the power and the tools that you are brave enough to put out there, I am so incredibly empowered to stand with you in lifting the name of JESUS up above all else in this earth, so that His kingdom may come!