Keith Green
Oh Lord, you're beautiful,
Your face is all I see,
For when your eyes are on this child,
Your grace abounds to me.
I want to take your word and shine it all around.
But first help me to just, live it Lord.
And when I'm doing well, help me to never seek a crown.
For my reward is giving glory to you.
Oh Lord, please light the fire,
That once burned bright and clean.
Replace the lamp of my first love,
That burns with holy fear.
I wanted to emphasize some part of this, but each time I read through it I see that really I want this to be a song from my heart. I appreciate Keith Green tremendously, there is a passion in so many of the songs he wrote, a desire that often surpasses the way I feel personally.
My prayer for each person that takes the time to read this is that you will be someone who is so passionate, so excited about how big God is, how real God is, that you won't be able to contain your enthusiasm. That you'll spend time showing God's love, not just using the church-talk that so often sounds foreign people... that you'll be that person who is willing to have your fire renewed--wanting it to burn bright and knowing it can because you replenish your supply from the one and only place that makes it a fire to begin with--rejoice in the moment, smile in the face of adversity, read your Bible like it will be the last time you'll ever have your hands on it. Spend time praising God for how awesome he is, spend time listening intently in the secret quiet place of your heart.
2 comments:
And my spiritual guide continues to challenge me! Yeah, Keith Green was a man for whom "passion for God" was synonymous with breathing. For me your line, read your Bible like it will be the last time you have your hands on it, has made me stop and think. Too often the Bible is just too familiar. Repetition has stolen some of the preciousness of the words of life. But what if, as you suggest, I could never read it again. What if I had one last night to hold the read the stories, the wisdom, the revelation? One (and only one) more chance to encounter God in his word? It's kind of sobering. Thanks (I think...)
I have wondered more than once what it would be like to have lived during WWII. I've read stories of Christians sent to concentration camps how some managed to smuggle in Bibles or how countries present day that are hostile to Christianity invading their culture... how Christians memorize whole books so they could share with others and be able to hide God's word where no one can take it.... how astounding to me, I have never taken time to memorize like that. Would it really take the threat of someone telling me I was no longer allowed to read the bible to want it, I mean truly desire it? What happens if I end up in that country, what if that's where our country is headed... am I prepared spiritually--right now, I'm free to study as I please, shouldn't I make it my top priority to dig deeper and to memorize?
I'm working on it..., I'm working on it...
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