Corporate Worship Soapbox : Part II

Yesterday morning I had this amazing vision as I started running: my brothers and sisters in Christ waking up all over this rain-starved land getting ready for worship. Paul Baloche's voice came rushing into my ears just then with these words:

Praise is rising, eyes are turning to you, we turn to you.
Hope is stirring, hearts are yearning for you, we long for you.

And you know, I could not just hear, but also see those praises being lifted up to our Daddy. I could just feel the anticipation and the hope stirring in our hearts as we all long for Jesus and what He was going to share with us that very day.

Hear the sound of hearts returning to you, we turn to you.
In your kingdom, broken lives are made new, you make us new.

To have a front row seat. To be able to hear those sounds, to be able to see those broken lives made new. This is what it is all about folks.

This is why we put up with each others' imperfections. This is why even when we want to throw things and just fall out and bawl, we persevere and do not give up on one another.

Cause when we see you, we find strength to face the day.
In your presence, all our fears are washed away, washed away.

Hosanna, Hosanna, you are the God who saves us, worthy of all our praises.

Hosanna, Hosanna, come have your way among us, we welcome you here Lord Jesus.

We sing praises to our God, we invite Him to have His way among us. We welcome Him here, in our lives, in our presence. We ask Him to bless us and to mess with us.

I don't know who Archippus is, but I sure like what Paul said to him when he wrote to his brothers in Colosse:
"See to it that you complete the work you have received in the Lord."
Colossians 4:17

Let's not be sissies and give up. Let's hang in there. Whatever that means in your life right now. Finish strong.