I love the Psalms

Reading through the Psalms over the last couple of days has been a huge blessing. I just wanted to share some random thoughts over these passages that have brought joy to my heart. So hold on for the ride!!

Psalms 18:1-3 ( ESV )

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¹ I love you, O Lord, my strength.

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² The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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³ I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

   

  What I love about Psalms 18:1-3 is all the things that David pictures God as being. He is his strength, rock, fortress, deliverer, God, a rock of refuge, shield, horn of salvation, stronghold. He shows us this picture of how God protects by surrounding us from all sides and in different ways. If that is not enough there will even be those times in which He will save us from our enemies. David declares to all that this is a God who is worthy of our praise.

    

In Psalms 18:4 and following he tells us how this God of our will deliver us from our foes. In our distress we can call out and our cries will reach out to Him. God will move the very foundations of the earth and bow down the heavens for His saints. This is no timid God that we read about from so many feel good preachers of today but rather a God who acts as a Father when His children are in trouble. Note some of the following phrases and words used in the passage, “devouring fire”, “hailstones”, “thundered”, “foundations laid bare”, He responds to the cries of his children who are humbled before Him and who do not have haughty eyes.

   

  He gives us the strength that we need to make it through the day. Ps. 18:32 He makes our way secure so that we can climb the heights that are ever before us. Ps. 18:33 He also trains our hands for the spiritual warfare that we must face. Ps. 18:34 Here is the beauty of it all!! He will be the shield of our salvation, He will support us and unlike what He will do with our enemies His GENTLENESS will make us great. Ps. 18:35

Psalms 19:1-7 ( ESV )

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¹ The Heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above^£ proclaims his handiwork.

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² Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.

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³ There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.

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⁴ Their measuring line^£ goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

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⁵ which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

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⁶ Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

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⁷ The law of the Lord is perfect,^£ reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

   

  Now we switch gears as we see the picture of our deliverer to the one who wants to be made known to His creation. God really does want to have a relationship with us. He wants to reveal Himself to us. This is seen so clearly in Psalms 19.

    

As my old college professors would state God reveals Himself through General Revelation and Special Revelation. We see the first form of revelation taught here in verses 1-6. How can a man not believe that there is a God who brought us into being? The very heavens declare that He is real. One need only need to look at the stars and the skies above us and reason shouts out that there is an order to all things. Everything has been put in perfect order.

  

   I love how he uses personification in describing the sun. It is like the sun comes out of a tent in the morning with strength and vigor and joy in his heart to do what His master has called Him to do. The sun that if it was just moved out of its orbit just barely would either scorch us or leave us like a frozen planet is held in its perfect position to keep us warm with its heat. The “fool” has said in his heart that there is no God when he looks at the order of the universe and declares it to be all by “chance.”

     Yet this God who wants to reveal Himself to us has also done so by special revelation. One form of this and the most primary is brought up in Psalms 19:7 when David now switches to the Word of God. God wants to make Himself known through the scriptures. He wants us to get to know Him and to walk with Him. The beautiful part is that we can trust what He has said about Himself. Why? David believed that the Word of God is perfect. We have a revelation of God in our hands that we can trust. His Word is sure and trustworthy. His Word is powerful in that it can make the simplest of men wise by coming into contact with it and the author who wrote it.

   

  When I am down or tired from the battle I can pick up this precious Word and it will revive me. Why? This Word is not some other book but rather the living and breathing Word of God which breathes life into my soul. He is real, the Heavens declare it and the Word of God proves it.

Psalms 20:1-9 ( ESV )

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¹ May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

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² May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!

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³ May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices!Selah

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⁴ May he grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans!

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⁵ May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

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⁶ Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.

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⁷ Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

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⁸ They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright.

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⁹ O Lord, save the king! May he answer us when we call.

    

Lastly, I could not help but to close this blog with this blessing.

    I can see David and his men praying this prayer as they prepare to go to battle. The lines are drawn and the enemy is near. Hope seems futile and all might be lost yet these words could be said before all. Note how many times the word May is used in this passage. The Lord can do what is His pleasure with us. Like the New Testament teaches us, Thy will be done. Yet they ask for God’s blessings to be upon them.

     In verses 1-2 we see how that in our day of trouble we can call upon the God of Jacob to protect us. Think about the times in which Jacob was protected by his God. This same God who protected him wants to watch over us. He just like in Psalms 18 is willing to leave His place of rest to protect His children.

     In verse 3 He remembers our love for him and the sacrifices that have been made. He loves it when His children have been obedient to Him and have tried to walk in His ways. He remembers these things and because of His grace alone He wants to guard us. We have a God who not only acts in mercy but wants to also give us the desires of our hearts. How I pray that I will shout for joy over His goodness and kindness shown to us and wave His banner high.

    In and of myself I have nothing to bring to Him. Just like the little drummer boy I have no gift to bring, to lay before the king. I do not trust in myself or in my own strength and plans. What good would all of that do? No, we must not be like those who trust in chariots and in their horses. We must be marked as those who will trust alone in the name of the Lord our God. When we look to Him and for His strength alone we will not collapse and fall but rather through His power rise and stand upright.

     May we all learn to trust in the Lord our God.

Vance and the art of walking slow

  I love Vance Havner. I know, by me even bringing up that name in today’s culture many of you are saying, “Who?” When I first went to Citadel Bible College I had a friend who introduced me to A.W. Tozer, that introduction forever changed my life. Tozer talked about a deeper relationship with Christ and he was unashamed to talk about the Spirit of God in fundamental circles. Vance on the other hand was a true southern boy who began preaching when he was only twelve. He would sometimes catch trains to get to some local churches and his dad would wait for him at the end of the evening to take him back home. His preaching was fearless. Billy Graham loved his quotes more than any other preacher.

     One of the statements that Havner made that I read over 25 years ago still haunts my soul today. He stated how that as human beings that we needed to learn, “the art of walking slow.” Now that is a pretty odd statement to remember after all of these years. Let me tell you why it did and still has an impact on my life even today.

     Havner grew up in an era in which the world that he lived in moved at a much slower pace. People sat out on their porches and talked with one another at night. Here is a wild thought, they would even take time out of their day to READ. They would rather do things right, then carelessly, in which the king of mediocrity reigns.

     Once again I realize that there must be a balance to all things. I know that there are some who will always find an excuse for laziness or even, “now let’s don’t rock the boat.” Doing little for the kingdom of God seems to be also the chant of the masses. In the words of one of my old teachers, “Faithfulness to God and His kingdom should not become an excuse for using a teaspoon when we should use a bulldozer.” This is not true faithfulness but rather an excuse for not getting on with the work of God.

     Havner was no “slow ride” for the kingdom. He preached his heart out diligently for years and would so if memory serves me right clean into his mid to late eighties and even then it was because the Lord took him home. No, when Havner talked about the Art of Walking Slow he was referring to how we often forget that the Lord wants us to learn to walk slowly with Him.

     One of the most refreshing things for me in this world is when I am able to just sit down or to take a walk with a friend. I don’t want to hurry the situation. I want to spend my time in laughter, tears, prayer and getting to know the other individual. I want to get to know them and hopefully even grow old together with them. I want that time to become precious to me. Let me explain a little more by some practical things that I enjoy in my life.

     For many of you who know me, you know that I love a good cup of tea or some form of Dark Roast Coffee. (This is true especially if that Coffee is named Community Coffee. Yes, this is a shameless message to my Louisiana brothers and sisters, please for all that is right and good, send me a PACKAGE. J) I hate it when I have to hurry and drink it. I want to enjoy it. We eat a lobster about once a year and when I do, I want to slowly taste each bite and feel the warmth of it. I want to sit with a friend on the front porch and enjoy the taste of a good crawfish in my mouth.

     As many of you know I want God to answer my prayers NOW for a church or a ministry to open up. I want to preach and share His Word more than anything else in the world. I feel empty when I do not. Yet, I want everyone to know that I can’t think of anyone that I would rather walk with now. I want to enjoy Him and grow old with Him.

     When the whole world goes nuts and even when things seem “unfair” or “not the way I thought it would be.” I want to learn the Art of Walking Slow with Him. It all seems to be moving so fast doesn’t it? It’s like one day we were using the, “advanced electric typewriter,” and now we can communicate to thousands over the internet. We are in a hurry quite often and quite honestly, in a hurry to get nowhere. We need to learn to hold to His unchanging hand. We need to learn to walk, rather than to run through the things that He is trying to teach us. I want to stop and listen to His voice. I want to make sure that I am hearing His Word and that I am allowing it to slowly pierce every part of my inner man.

     The weather here in Nebraska has been very mild this winter. We had one big snowfall in our area. (How I thank Him for this issue, I really do not like cleaning up snow.) My mother-in-law Pat told me that come tomorrow it should be in the 60s. Sixties, are you nuts!! I don’t know what tomorrow is going to bring but this I do know. I want to get outside just for a bit and walk around for a while.

     Two thousand years ago our Savior walked among men. It’s a simple statement but what a trip it must have been to just walk side by side with Him visibly here on earth. To hear the master’s voice. To watch Him smile and say, “Let the little children come to me.”  To hear the Roar of the Lion of the tribe of Judah as He cleansed the temple.  To walk with the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The best part of this truth though, is even though I cannot see Him or feel His hand, I can still walk with Him even today. May you enjoy the walk with Him.

Grace poured out

Your body torn,

The wounds displayed,

The crowd that mocked you to your face,

The tears that streamed down your eyes,

The cries that shook the sky,

The forsaken one, My God why? My God why?

Grace was being poured out,

The greatest of all sacrifices was made,

The blood of the lamb was spilt,

Humbly we bow down, Glory to His name,

You bore the nails,

The thorn crowned brow,

The stripes torn through saved my soul from Hell,

The source of living waters thirsted now,

Darkness filled the sky,

The cross of shame alone would bring life,

Grace was being poured out,

The greatest of all sacrifices,

The blood of the lamb was spilt,

Humbly we bow down, Glory to His name.

Lovingly they took you down,

Tears are flowing freely now,

Holding in their hands the lifeless one,

Burying the precious holy lamb in the tomb,

He is risen now the angel’s song,

No longer just the lamb but King of Kings,

Grace has freely been poured out,

The greatest of all sacrifices was made,

The blood of the lamb was spilt,

Humbly we bow down, Glory to the King.

How Long?

Psalms 13:1-4 ( ESV )

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¹ How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

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² How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

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³ Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

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⁴ lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,” lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

     This week I took a break from the book of Colossians and wanted to do something else. Did the Lord ever give me a SOMETHING ELSE moment. All I could say was, WOW!! I thank Him every day for His Word and how precious it has become to me. This Psalm really spoke to my heart as I sought His face this week. David really spills out his heart as he prays to His God.

     Notice His quiet desperation as he asks the question that so many of us are fearful to ask. In just two words you can feel his heart cry out. HOW LONG? I know, what you are thinking, what would people think of me if I asked the Sovereign king of the universe this question. Yet, David asked it and the Lord was still pleased with His servant. This wonderful savior of ours wants us to above all to be real in our conversations with Him. We do not need to pretend to be happy around Him. What good does that do as He already KNOWS our hearts? He wants us to be real around Him. Don’t get me wrong we are not to treat Him as our Buddy or as the flavor of the week. He does not want us to be blasphemous in our approach to Him. Yet, He does want to hear what we truly are going through and about our struggles. This is what David does throughout this Psalm.

     Maybe some of the following struggles have happened to you in your life. Maybe you are even going through some of them now. I know that they have been some of mine in my journey.

·          The struggle of how much longer will this trial last? Consider Joseph in the land of Egypt. Though Joseph became only second to Pharaoh in power he was locked in a dungeon for years. Moses, as a prince who had people serving him daily. For forty years he would watch over sheep in a desolate land. Job sitting on a pottery pile in physical pain beyond belief while his “friends” counseled him and told him of his, “sins” before God.

Maybe you are going through a trial in your life in which you feel like it will never end. The same God who watched over these men is the Eternal one and He knows just how much time it will take and what we can handle through the power of His Spirit.

·          The struggle of Are you there? This I believe is one of the hardest of all. I am reminded of David’s cry in Psalms 22:1, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” Some might think what a terrible and ghastly thought. Yet, these very same words would be used by Jesus upon the cross. God forsaken of God, a concept that I will never be able to understand. Yet, it was at this moment that the Son of God took upon the filth of my sin and bore it upon a cross that He did not deserve.

Like David we might even feel this way at times. Yet, it is during those times when I am reminded of the words of John when we are told that He has sent His Spirit to live within us. Despite our feelings, we are comforted by these words that He promised never to leave us and that we are never alone. When the darkness covers us, He has promised that He will be with us through the storm and through the night.

·          The struggle of God are you Listening? How many times I have heard these words through the years. “We have prayed over and over again and it feels as though we are just talking to ourselves.” The real struggle here is simply, “Does God hear my prayers?” The answer will always be Yes a thousand times over. He does hear our prayers. Once again he may not answer as soon as I want Him to. He may also choose to answer us with a No.

As a child I always wanted my Father to give me what I wanted. Many were the times when He simply did not answer me at that moment. I would get discouraged and even whether I want to admit it or not I got angry with him. He had heard me but would not always answer right away, or even say no. Even though I did not understand, now as a man I truly believe that he wanted to do what was best for me. Our Father in Heaven is far greater than our earthly fathers so why would He act more differently? The big issue is that He as the perfect Father hears us and will always do what is best for me.

·          The struggle of our enemies. Yes, even as Christians who are commanded to love one another and to live for others. We will have enemies. It’s a part of life that is still hard for me to accept at times. I want everyone to just get along. The world though does not play that way and unfortunately neither do believers at times.

You maybe have been lied to or lied about. You may have even had a moment when a friend has acted like a Judas in your life. Out of the blue the pain comes and the hurt feels like a knife that has dug deep within your heart. Your sorrow seems to never end and you might even see your enemy prevail. Like David it feels as though the very light of your life is gone. There may even be joy in their faces as they see your defeat.

Listen, my beloved He is the author of life. While we struggle and hurt He is there cheering us on in the battle. He is there, binding our wounds. He is there telling us to get up and go and to fight on. He breathes into us life and light in the midst of the darkness and even as we struggle on.

     In the midst of the struggles of this life I love how David ends this Psalm. It has encouraged me and I hope that it will encourage you.

Psalms 13:5-6 ( ESV )

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⁵ But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

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⁶ I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

     Here are the words that stood out to me so much this last week. I thank Him for these timeless truths in our lives. Truths that give me hope and joy in the struggle of life. I pray that they will do the same for you.

Ø  He is a God who shows His Steadfast Love-I can trust Him in that in everything that He does for me is because He LOVES me. His love is immovable. In the words of an old Cathedral Quartet Song, “His love is a boundless love and it reaches out and touches me.” His love is that of the faithful groom who will love His bride to the very end. I may doubt that love but His Word is true when it says that He loves me. During those struggles of life I need to TRUST in His undying love.

Ø  He is a God who HAS and WILL give me Salvation-He will walk with me through my struggles in life and will one day set me free. It may not even been today but He will set me free. He did this for me when He saved my soul and He will deliver me through my trials. He will pull me out of the fire or He will walk with me through the flames.

I still love the story of Daniel when his friends were thrown into the flames. Nebuchadnezzar was convinced it would be the end of them. Yet, when he looked in upon them he would say these words, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.” Listen, don’t miss it in the midst of the fire they were UNBOUND, they were FREE. If that is not enough, God was with them in the flames.

Ø  He is a God who has dealt bountifully with me. Don’t forget what He has done for you in the past. He has freed you from the bondage of sin. He has saved you. He has given to you life. Don’t forget what He is doing for us even now. He has given us health. He has given us food. He has provided many of us with friends and family who care. He has given us shelter. He is daily watching out for us. He has given us His blessed Holy Spirit. Don’t forget what He has in store. Life eternal. No sickness, no more pain, no more sorrow. A home with Him throughout all of eternity. Truly our God has dealt bountifully with me and I will rejoice!!

THE BIG EMPTY

 Last night I really enjoyed our Christian Worldview class at Calvary Community. It feels strange not to be on the teaching end of things as I have just been sitting in on the class. The instructors of the course have done a great job week in and week out discussing and defending the faith. It has been a pleasure.

     As I go through the course I am reminded time and time again of how we live in a world gone mad. Please be careful with that statement. Some believers are so far removed from the world that God has given them that they fail to enjoy what God has called good. No when I say these words I am dealing more with how the world thinks. The Bible says that it is hostile towards the things of our God. That if we love this world and all of its teachings we are not from the Father.

     What Paul addresses in this passage is how that even as believers if we are not careful we can be taken captive. We literally can become held hostage to the way it thinks. I don’t think something like that happens overnight but rather it becomes like a slow ride into what I call the Big Empty.  For many who are being taken captive they do not even know that they have entered into a Black Hole.

     People fall into the Big Empty when they are convinced that the world’s wisdom is truly the Grand stage. Who are we to say that what someone says is wrong? We want to be accepted by men so much that we forget the lover of our souls.

      One of the world’s many traps is the legendary self-esteem issue. We live in a day when even fellow believers teach this as the Gospel truth. We do not even question its history, its followers and where it will eventually lead us. My heart aches as I see how that we have become an even more ego driven world. We must see ourselves for who we are, rather than who He is has become the chant of this age.

    We forget how that Paul stated that one of the first marks of the end times would be that men would be lovers of themselves. When we must feed self-first, we become those who are marked as lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.

     Tolerance has become the accepted word of our world. No longer do we see John 3:16 as the most important verse in the world but rather we take out of context Matthew 7:1 and shout out, Judge not, unless you be judged. As many have observed before me, we are tolerant of all and everything except for the Evangelical Christian who is now pictured as the narrow minded bigot. (Some of us might be, but the majority of true believers are far from this stereotype.)

     What seems so fulfilling in the end according to the Scriptures becomes that of nothing but an empty lie. The same things that drove Adam and Even to fall into temptation drive us often as well. “Has God said, It will open up your eyes and you shall not surely die, “ are still the lies being told and believed today.

     How can we avoid the fall and the big lie? Look at what Paul states earlier in verse 6-7 we are to walk in Him. He becomes the focus rather than self. We need to be those who are marked as being rooted, built up and established in Him. As servants of the most High God our true completion can only be found in Him. He is truly what is more to this life and is the beginning and completion of all wisdom.

Snow

  

   WELL IT HAS BEEN A WEEK IN WHICH I HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF CRAWFISH, FISHING AND SITTING OUTSIDE ON THE PORCH.  NOTE THE KEY WORD HERE, “DREAMING.” I LOOK OUSIDE AND its NUTS. IN ONE NIGHT WE GOT BETWEEN 11-12 INCHES OF SNOW. I’VE GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, NOT A SNOW LOVER.

     AS A KID GROWING UP IN ARKANSAS I DREAMED OF BUILDING SNOW FORTS.  LOOKING INTO THE EYE OF THE ENEMY AND DESTROYING THEM WITH A SNOWBALL.   I'M SLEDING DOWN THE SIDE OF A HILL AND CAPTURING THAT FEEL OF FLYING. WHAT A TRIP! UNFORTUNATELY WE JUST DID NOT GET THAT MUCH SNOW IN OUR STATE.

     I GOT MY FIRST REAL FEEL FOR SNOW WHEN WE MOVED TO MICHIGAN ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AGO. I REMEMBER LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW ON THE FIRST BIG SNOW FALL AND IT WAS BEYOND COOL. HANNAH AND HADDY WERE JUST LITTLE THINGS AND WE HAD A BLAST PLAYING IN IT ALL AFTERNOON.  THEN REALITY CREPT IN.

     IT’S SHOVEL TIME. DO I REALLY HAVE TO MAKE A PATH THROUGH THIS MESS? THE ANSWER IS YES!! NOW I HAVE TO GET UP A LITTLE EARLIER EACH MORNING TO SCRAPE THE WINDOWS OF THE CAR.  REMEMBER, MIKE, DON’T SLAM ON THE BRAKES BECOMES A CRY THAT I WILL HEAR OFTEN. (IT IS MY NATURAL TENDENCY TO DO THIS. WHAT CAN I SAY, I LOVE BRAKES.) I KNOW, IT COULD BE THAT I AM BECOMING AN OLD CANTANKEROUS CRITTER. AGING SOMETIMES DOES THIS TO A MAN. WELL, AT LEAST IT SOUNDS GOOD AS AN EXCUSE.

     HEREIN IS THE BEAUTY TO IT ALL. GOD DOES NOT PLAY BY MY RULES. IN MY WORLD IT WOULD ALWAYS BE GREEN WITH THE TEMP IN THE SEVENTIES. WE WOULD ALL LIVE BY STREAMS WHERE WE COULD GO FISHING EVERYDAY. CHICAGO WOULD GO TO THE SUPERBOWL EVERY YEAR AND WIN IT. I COULD EAT ALL THE CRAWFISH WHEN I WANT AND MY HEART WOULD PUMP LIKE A TWENTY YEAR OLD.

     THE REALITY IS THAT MY GOD KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR US. HE KNOWS WHAT WE NEED AND HOW HIS NAME WILL BE BEST GLORIFIED. THIS YEAR THE STATE OF NEBRASKA NEEDS SOME MOISTURE FOR ITS CROPS AND GOD SAYS I’LL DO IT THIS WAY. HE WINDS UP TAKING CARE OF US SOMETIMES IN THE MOST UNUSUAL OF WAYS. I LOVE HIM FOR THAT.

     AS I LOOK OUTSIDE MY WINDOW I AM ALSO REMINDED OF ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE VERSES. ISAIAH 1:18 “COME NOW, LET US REASON TOGETHER, SAYS THE LORD: THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY SHALL BECOME WOOL.” NO MATTER WHAT I MAY THINK ABOUT SNOW THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL IS SEEING HOW PRETTY IT LOOKS OUTSIDE. HOW EVERYTHING LOOKS SO FRESH AND CLEAN.

     HIS BLOOD HAS WASHED AND CLEANSED ME. HE ALONE, COULD TAKE THE BLACKNESS OF MY HEART AND CLEANSE AND MAKE ME WHOLE. MY SINS THOUGH LIKE SCARLET HAVE BEEN MADE WHITER THAN SNOW. 

To walk into Heaven and call it home

Shattered lives with no hope and nothing but hurt,

 Dreaming little of the eternal but only of the absurd,

  Like the prodigal I come running into Your arms,

   Covered with the smell of death You keep me from all harm,

    And I’m still amazed that I’ll be able..

To walk into Heaven and call it home,

 To see You, the Holy One on the throne,

  To walk into Heaven and call it home,

   The greatest hope realized that I’ll be Yours alone.

Out in the Sudan holding her child to her breast,

 Tears in her eyes she looks upon his swollen chest,

  His little hand reaches out to her face just once more,

   Her hands reach out to the Heavens as her heart is so torn,

    Crying out to Jesus knowing that he will be able…

To walk into Heaven and call it home,

 To see You, the Holy One on the throne,

  To walk into Heaven and call it home,

   The greatest hope realized that I’ll be Yours alone.

No more death, sorrow or pain,

 No more fears it’s all washed away,

  Forever changed, forever changed

    For He reigns, yes, He reigns,

      As we walk into Heaven and call it home.