A Modern Creed... A Statement of Faith

I know, I know...For some of you, my lengthy absence in blogging may seem to indicate an absence in brain activity...While for part of this time of sabbatical that may very well be the case, I can assure that life has just been flat hectic! But nevertheless, the long awaited ramblings continue to this end...


There is a song that has been on the worship scene for a while now called "In Christ Alone..." One that our church has come to know and love. Yet, I know as I sing the words, I cant help but ask myself if I really mean, really and truly believe and what it is I am singing...You ever had those moments? Those moments when you found yourself perhaps singing right along those words like "All to Jesus I surrender..." and then like lightning, it strikes you and you realize just what it is you are saying? This song does it to me every time. What do such powerful statements like the ones Keith Getty and Stuart Townsend have so craftily scripted in "In Christ Alone" lead your mind to think? Can you sing this along with many other songs and honestly believe and live out the words you sing?

Paul talks about this just a bit in the context of the Lord's Supper meal in I Corinthians 11 when he says that when you come to the table you should "look deep within yourself..." When you come to the throne of God in worship, I believe that the same applies. If you aren't looking deep within yourself, if you aren't actively seeking out the transforming power of God, the active work of His Holy Spirit, if you aren't looking to place yourselves facedown before God and be "lost in wonder, love and praise," then you have to ask also the question "Have I really offered God the best I can offer?"

Just something to think about...Here are the lyrics.

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my Light my strength my song
This Cornerstone this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love what depths of peace
When fears are stilled when strivings cease
My Comforter my all in all
Here in the love of Christ I stand


In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless Babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
'Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For ev'ry sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live


There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ


No guilt in life no fear in death
This is the pow'r of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No pow'r of hell no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
'Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand

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