All this Glory.

“In the middle of the mess, there is majesty. In the middle of my chest, is the king of Kings. While the world was waiting on, the chains have come undone, light rolled in… Coming like a song. All this Glory, All this Glory, oh, All this Glory…In the middle of the night, all this light, in the middle of the night, all this light here. In the middle of the night, you are majesty. In the middle of our plight came you King of Kings. While we were waiting on, for your love to come along, light rolled in… Coming like a song.

All this Glory, All this Glory, oh, All this Glory…

In the middle of the night, all this light;  in the middle of the night, all this light; in the middle of the night, oh all this light, in the middle of the night, after all this plight….

JESUS, GOD WITH US, JESUS CHRIST HAS COME, AND I’M UNDONE.”

I’ve been listening the new Passion CD, White Flag, and if you follow me on twitter, you’re probably an ex-follower, or thinking about unfollowing me, because of the 15+ times I’ve tweeted about it in the last hour. BUT, when I was listening to the song the lyrics above are from, I couldn’t help but think about the words. It talks about light coming in the darkness, and I think were surrounded by so much darkness, that sometimes, its hard to find the light. I find myself in dark places so often, in fear, in anger, in pain, and sometimes I loose my grip on reality, the reality that my future is with Christ, as I am his.

Tonight, Katie Henry mentioned a quote from a professor named Dave Moffit, who said “you can’t preach the crucifixion without the resurrection”. I LOVE the saying. So often, we find ourselves in dark places, in fear, in pain, in anguish, and it takes a lot to get out of those places, sometimes it seems like the whole world is against us. But, in that darkness, there is hope, there is light, there is Christ, leading us through the darkness, to the light at the end of the tunnel. After all, light shines best in the darkness. And it is there, even in the darkness, that the light OVERWHELMS us, in the midst of our sins, our failures,  our mishaps, our anger, our hate, our foolish desires, and our fears that we are embraced by all of his grace, and all of his Glory.