I love this song, but there's one line in particular that really stood out to me.
“Oh God may we be focused on the least, a people balancing the fasting and the feast.”
Lately I've been struggling with how it seems like the American Church often focuses most of its resources on the “feast” of the
Christian life, creating more classrooms, more Bible studies, youth retreats,...on and on.
And yet, in Scripture, a Christian’s feast seems to have a partner: the “fast.”
In this world where Christians outnumber orphans seven to one, and where
one-sixth of the Earth’s population claims to be Christian, sometimes it's difficult to reconcile the scope of human suffering.
When the fast, when this sacrifice of the Gospel is omitted from the
Christian life, it isn’t Christian at all. It seems like we've made it OK
for Christians to do nothing, and still call themselves ‘Christian.’
But it’s not working. Is it?
The Church that the Bible describes is exciting, and it’s adventurous,
and it is wrought with sacrifice.
It cost believers
everything...and they still came, because the Church was patterned
after Jesus, who tells us he didn’t even have a place to lay his head.
He voluntarily died this brutal unimaginable death for you and I, for all humankind. Even knowing that
one day we would reduce the Gospel to this self-serving self-improvement
program.
The Gospel does not call for a truce about life, it calls for a complete
surrender to God. The true Christian life is hard...But it is a
treasure and a joy that cannot be rivaled by any inferior substitute!
And this generation, my generation...you guys! Are a chosen generation...The skills, and the resources, and the opportunities that we have are
unprecedented.
With our extraordinary advantages of global communication and technology, I am telling you: there is not an international crisis that cannot be answered by our generation.
With our extraordinary advantages of global communication and technology, I am telling you: there is not an international crisis that cannot be answered by our generation.
I'm begging you, don't squander our legacy on self-absorption or the American dream, or to
try to fit the Gospel into your plans for your life...
My heart is beating faster in my chest
As I sing of where my loyalties will rest
To never wait on the governments to move
As the broken and the poor cry out for You
For the kingdom and the King
For His glory we will sing
for the rescue of our souls
He has come
For the kingdom and the cross
Oh the triumph and the loss
Love has broken through and I'm redeemed
Through the kingdom and the King
Oh God may we be focused on the least
A people balancing the fasting and the feast
A call to give and to serve and celebrate
For You are great, oh my God You are great
So our prayer is to know
And love You above all
May we be the ends to free them we are called
For the kingdom and the King
For His glory we will sing
for the rescue of our souls
He has come
For the kingdom and the cross
Oh the triumph and the loss
Love has broken through and I'm redeemed
And our hope is not in this sin
Oh not in these walls
Not in these things
And we rest for knowing Your love
Has called us to mend
Called us to sing
Sing, Sing
And the people will sing
They will sing, sing, sing
For the people will sing for the king
For the King, for the King
For the kingdom and the King
For His glory we will sing
for the rescue of our souls
He has come
For the kingdom and the cross
Oh the triumph and the loss
Your Love has broken through and I'm redeemed
For the kingdom and the King
For His glory we will sing
for the rescue of our souls
He has come
oh the kingdom and the cross
Oh the triumph and the loss
Your Love has broken through and I'm redeemed
for the Kingdom and the King
The King, The King
And the people will sing
They will sing, sing, sing
The people will sing
For the king, For the King, for the King
