It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in trying to fade into the faces
The girls teasing laughter is
carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know
But if we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching?
Why aren't His hands healing?
Why aren't His words teaching?
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going?
Why is His love not showing them there is a way?
There is a way
A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat and quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgmental glances
Tells him that his chances are better out on the road
Jesus paid much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the body of Christ
But if we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching?
Why aren't His hands healing?
Why aren't His words teaching?
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going?
Why is His love not showing them there is a way?
There is a way
Jesus is the way.
casting crowns is my new favorite band haha (: when i heard the lyrics of this song, it really struck me and reminded me of the reason i live and the reason why He put me here. we are His hands, His feet, His voice. and it kinda reminded me of ginny's 'land of the gray'. the world we live in was meant to be so beautiful, but it's not. its not because of our sin, our selfishness and self-centredness. why arent His arms reaching? why arent His hands healing? why is His love not showing? but there is a way- Jesus is the way.
i was just thinking last night about the kind of world we live in. everything happens so fast and [as grace said in devotions :] the only constant is change. and i thought about what pastor told us on sunday about the persecution of some of our churches in either burma or india, and i was just thinking about how veryvery blessed i am, we all are, to be in wonderful, safe singapore where we can worship Him and never fear proclaiming our faith. but even with the liberty to do that, how many of us actually do? been thinking/meditating on romans8:31-39 and eph4:4-6. on romans, the very precious truths and thoughts i gathered were:
1. if God is for us, NO ONE can be against us.
2. no one can condemn, cos God ALONE justifies.
3. He gave His Son so freely, what more anything else?
4. NOTHING can ever separate us from the love of God. nothing.
and on pt3, t chen kee added special insight from pastor mark haha that its not just what He gives us, its the GIVER, that really matters. remembering lyrics of a hymn 'once the gift i wanted, now the Giver own.' :]
then i thought about the immense amount of work i have to complete and i thought and i've decided that chem is NOTHING compared to what others are going through. i need to learn to count my blessings and since im stuck with chem, physics, econs, math and GP, im gonna do it good cos He placed me here for a reason. so anw, although the storms of life scare me, and the waves scream "you'll never win!", the voice of truth tells a different story, the voice of truth says "do not be afraid. this if for My Glory."
and out of all the voices calling to me, i choose to listen to the voice of truth. :]
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