Oh great and mighty One
With one desire we come
That You would reign, that You would reign in us
We're offering up our lives
A living sacrifice
That You would reign, that You would reign in us
What would it look like if my ultimate desire was for Christ to sit on the throne of my life, all day, everyday? Yes, I wish this were the case, but so many times I find myself trying to control my own life. Talking about thrones reminds me of two memories of camp Marietta. The first is from 2010 with the Audience of One theme (Colosians 3:23). Who sits in the "number one chair" of my life? Does Jesus sit there? Myself? Someone or something else? The second memory comes from a skit Becca's cabin did for youth week 2011. Basically the skit depicted our desire for God to sit on the throne of our life and make decisions, yet we so often "push" him off and regain control for ourselves.
We cry out
For your love to refine us cry out
For your love to define us cry out
For your mercy to keep us blameless until you return
For your love to refine us cry out
For your love to define us cry out
For your mercy to keep us blameless until you return
For me, this is asking God to continue to teach us how to give Him control of our life...teaching us to be more like himself. Refining is definitely not an easy process. In the case of gold, it involves putting the gold in the fire to remove the impurities. Our life is the same way. God uses the trials we go through in life to bring us closer to Himself, knock off "rough edges," and ultimately make us more like Himself. After all, He is the one who defines our life. Our identity resides in Him (Eph 1). This is so comforting to me because finding my identity has been a struggle for me in the past. But in Christ, my identity is SECURE.
So reign, please reign in us
Come purify our hearts we need your touch
Come cleanse us like a flood and send us out
So the world may know you reign, you reign in us
Come purify our hearts we need your touch
Come cleanse us like a flood and send us out
So the world may know you reign, you reign in us
Christ reigns/rules my life. He is refining, defining, purifying, and cleansing me so that I can be a part of His Kingdom work. He equips sends me out. He is too amazing to confine to myself. The whole world is desperate for Him too.
