He is Coming

"If I find in myself desires nothing in this world can satisfy,
I can only conclude that I was not made for here
If the flesh that I fight is at best only light and momentary,
then of course I'll feel nude when to where I'm destined I'm compared

Speak to me in the light of the dawn
Mercy comes with the morning
I will sigh and with all creation groan as I wait for hope to come for me

Am I lost or just less found? On the straight or on the roundabout of the wrong way?
is this a soul that stirs in me, is it breaking free, wanting to come alive?
'Cause my comfort would prefer for me to be numb
And avoid the impending birth of who I was born to become

For we, we are not long here
Our time is but a breath, so we better breathe it
And I, I was made to live, I was made to love, I was made to know you
Hope is coming for me
Hope, He's coming"

"Soon and very soon
My King is coming
Robed in righteousness
And crowned with love
When I see Him, I shall be made like Him
Soon and very soon

Soon and very soon
I'll be going to the place He has prepared for me
Then my sin erased, my shame forgotten
Soon and very soon

I will be with the One I love
With unveiled face I'll see Him
There my soul with be satisfied
Soon and very soon

Soon and very soon
See the procession
The angels and the elders round the throne
At His feet I'll lay
My crowns, my worship
Soon and very soon

I will be with the One I love
With unveiled face I'll see Him
There my soul with be satisfied
Soon and very soon

Though I have not seen Him
My heart knows Him well
Jesus Christ the Lamb, the Lord of heaven

I will be with the One I love
With unveiled face I'll see Him
There my soul with be satisfied
Soon and very soon
Soon and very soon
Soon and very soon" 

I wish I could write something that echoes the beauty and Truth that lies in these two songs. Longing for Jesus...our hearts and our eyes set on Heaven, set on Eternity...with Him...He is coming for His Bride.

"If I find in myself desires nothing in this world can satisfy,
I can only conclude that I was not made for here
If the flesh that I fight is at best only light and momentary,
then of course I'll feel nude when to where I'm destined I'm compared"

How lovely is that? When this world leaves us broken and weary and alone...we can conclude that we are just not made for here? That our hearts weren't meant to be satisfied by anything or anyone here on Earth. When the day leaves you saddened and your heart and soul torn...yes, it is painful for this moment...but how deeply does it show us that we aren't where we belong? And when this momentary affliction is such a burden to carry and the world just seems to neither notice nor care...who loves us, who comforts us, who understands, who asks us to rest in Him and offers to carry those burdens? Not only the burdens of our day, but the burdens of our lives...the burden of all our sins. And sometimes it's hard to turn to Him...because the world will offer us these pretty things that only serve to isolate us further from His Love...that perhaps may seem attractive and nice from the outside...but only leave us more empty still. And yet...when we are adulterers once more...He still calls us Home...He says "Come my Child, enter in and Rest..."

"Well you've been a mistress, my wife
Chasing lovers it won't satisfy
Won't you let me make you my bride
You will drink of my lips
And you'll taste new life

You're my beloved
Lover I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
Our Love it unites us
And it binds you to me
It's a mystery."

-Beloved by Tenth Avenue North

I think it is important that we test our hearts...that we examine them and recognize when and whether our hearts are truly set on Jesus or on the things of the world. He is filled with Mercy and Grace, but if we truly Love Him, we will be changed by Him...and as we fix our eyes upon Him...the things of this world truly will grow strangely dim. The world and the Enemy will continue to try to distract us and seduce us, and our unfaithful and sinful nature will always be something that we must fight against until that Day comes. But we have Victory and Authority in Him. There is Power and Majesty and Holiness and Authority in the Name of Jesus Christ. In the Cross. By His Blood. 

But he was pierced for our transgressions,
   he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
   and by his wounds we are healed. 

-Isaiah 53:5

I recently read in a book by Joshua Harris that we should not allow the familiarity of the Gospel, of the Cross, of what Christ us done for us...to distract us from the life-changing, beauty of it. 

"As Christians, we “know” certain things such as “Jesus loves me” and “Christ has died for sinners.” We’ve heard these statements countless times, but the dust of familiarity can dim the glory of these simple truths. We have to brush them off and remind ourselves of their life transforming power."

Life-transforming. Heart-changing. Every time I hear it I want it to stir my heart and remind me and affirm to me the Glory and Beauty and Humility and Grace and Majesty and Love and Wonder of Jesus Christ. 

"I will be with the One I love
With unveiled face I'll see Him
There my soul with be satisfied
Soon and very soon"

 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let anyone who hears this say, "Come." Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life. 

 -Revelation 22:17