Hey, so I meant to post this on Sunday, but I couldn't, and I meant to post this yesterday but we did things and my brain got thrown off, and blah blah blah, so here I post it today.
Happy Resurrection Day(:
And so, I shall tell a lovely story about my crying my eyes out on the Easter Sunday.
Our worship set on Sunday was as follows:
*Jesus Saves: http://youtu.be/qbpFdjx8Vt0
* God is Able: http://youtu.be/_2exW2cUdC4
*Overcome: http://youtu.be/rhmcmpX4Zn4
*In Christ Alone: http://youtu.be/d4FBLH5n6IU
(^It took me a little while to find the right arrangements of the songs. And I am absolutely in love with the last two..)
I reflect on the songs now.
We will overcome
By the Blood of the Lamb
And the word of our testimony
Everyone overcome
That bridge speaks rivers and oceans to me. We will overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony. Everyone, overcome.
The way it sounds to me, it's like an invitation to a party. Like we're saying, "Hey guys, we're gonna go overcome now, by the blood of the lamb and our testimonies. You wanna come? Hey! Everybody! Come overcome with us!" And who wouldn't want to overcome? It's like...just awesome. The bridge in itself seems a testimony spoken in faith. It's lovely.
"We will overcome" is not a question. "We will overcome" is an imperative statement. We will overcome. Not we might overcome, not it seems like overcoming might happen at some point in my life. It isn't, "It looks like maybe a couple of weeks ago I may have overcome, but now I'm so screwed up that I can't. " It isn't "My situation is so bleak, my addiction is so strong, my money is so tight, my marriage is so jacked up that maybe if I had tried to overcome yesterday then I could win, but now I can't overcome."
It is not "Will we overcome?"It is "We will overcome." Only by the blood of the lamb who was slain. There is no "overcome," no conquering without the blood of the Lamb.
"By...the word of our testimony." That means we have to have one. When hardships are encountered, when you're stuck in the mud, when you're caged in, when you're trapped, count it as joy. James 1:2 "Dear brothers and sisters, when trouble comes your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy." Know why I'm not depressed because of my situation? When others in my place would be angry with God for letting life happen, I count it joy because if nothing more, the garbage that I go through is the same garbage that someone else is going through. When I go through that garbage, it's another testimony to the grace of God. I'm not dead. I'm not homeless and cold and starving, I'm not depressed, I'm not alone. And if God provides for me, he would provide for someone else in my situation. He wouldn't let them go. And He has chosen me to be proof of that, proof of His great love through the storm.
Another set of lines I look far too deeply into:
All authority
Every victory is Yours
Savior
Worthy of Honor and Glory
Worthy of all of our praise
You overcame
Jesus
Awesome in power forever
Awesome and great is Your Name
For You overcame
I think this is just massive boost of faith for everyone. All authority and every victory is His. That's such a comforting....pre-chorus...? Whatever it's called, it's very comforting. Just to walk with the knowledge that the One who loves me enough to die for me also has all authority and every victory is like a soft blanket of peace. (<-- Like my analogy? I do. You should like it). It's just, like, we're hearing Jesus say, "Hey guys chill. I've got this. I've got all of this."
And then the past tense of "You overcame" is beautiful to me. I just love it. I mean, I know it's true that He did overcome, but I think it's more the fact that it doesn't say "You overcome" because that, to me, implies that overcoming is still happening. And it isn't. Jesus isn't still overcoming our struggles and stuff, it's already done. It is finished.
So to close, here are some rather victorious scriptures that, when paired with an "impossible" circumstance are enough to bring tears and stuff.
Ps 34:19 - Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Is 41:13 (NIV) - For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Ps. 27:1 - The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Romans 8:31...if God be for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:38-39 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Cor. 2:9 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
And now....a thingy.
Light.
Rejoice
Life.
Rejoice
The tomb is
open.
Hope.
Darkness bested by
Light.
Despair bested by
Hope.
There is Hope.
He is here.
There is Freedom.
He is here.
There is Life.
He is here.
There is Truth.
He is here.
There is Joy.
He is here.
He is here.
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There in the ground
His body lay
Light of the world
By darkness slain
Then bursting forth
In glorious day
Up from the grave
He rose again
And as He stands
In victory
Sin's curse has lost
Its grip on me
For I am His
And He is Mine
Bought with the precious
Blood of Christ
Everyone Overcome.
Peace(:
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