Several people have responded to my call for new songs. I’ve been blessed to hear many new songs, each sung in a unique voice. I plan to publish some of them here, beginning with Gaby. Here is what she wrote -
My song this year is a song of His Lordship. Because of our never-ending lockdowns here in Austria I had for Christmas a relatively long time in which I was free of teaching. I happened, truly „happened“, to read two testimonials; one a staff member of VOM, one working with Open Doors. Both had long and difficult stories of persecution they had to go through personally and even more the people they worked for.
But most of all: These were stories of God’s incredible power, of His sovereign control of every little detail. Let’s be clear about it: They were not often stories of instant relieve. They were stories of His Kingship within the hardship. As Amy put it so well a blog before: „His plan falls upon us“... in fact it can crash upon us. It is bigger than just our current wellbeing. It includes His chance for all mankind, even the wicked; sometimes on the cost of His disciples.
So once more what I read corrected my picture I had made up of Him. He is not the God you’ll put a coin in and get out the results you wish, He is the Ruler of the Universe Who steadily follows His plans. But His plans come out of a love we cannot fathom. And in the middle of it all, His provision is ever sufficient. Not what we’ve longed for maybe, but reliably sufficient and reliably in time. Last second, can be, but in time. And when it comes, His supply might move heaven and earth, it is wonder – full.
So I long to sing a song of praise to the God we have. I see that a year of a pandemic is not really a „problem“. I see I can absolutely trust Him; He is not deaf, He is not uninvolved, He is by no means out of control. He is full of love, He is mighty and He is King. Our King.