Recently during one of our
church services we sang a song that spoke, albeit indirectly, about shining our
lights for God’s kingdom. It speaks of
the darkness fearing. I thought that a
powerful image. As we endeavour to let
our lights shine it is then that we take seriously the label given to us by Jesus
Christ. He calls us the light of the world and as we work that out in our lives
then the darkness has cause to fear and dare I say tremble. In the song it also calls for that indwelling
of the Spirit to spur us on to let our lights shine, to be set ablaze with His
glory. We pray in the Lord’s Prayer for
God’s kingdom to come and for God’s will to be done and that is echoed in the
heart of this song. Be blessed as you
read a sampling of Rend Collective’s
lyrics from their song “Build Your Kingdom Here”.
Come
set our hearts ablaze with hope like wildfire in our very souls.
We
are Your church. We need Your power in
us.
We
seek Your kingdom first. We hunger and we thirst.
Refuse
to waste our lives for You're our joy and prize.
To
see the captive hearts released. The
hurt, the sick, the poor at peace.
We
lay down our lives for Heaven's cause.
We
are Your church. We pray revive this earth.
Build
Your kingdom here. Let the darkness
fear.
Show
Your mighty hand. Heal our streets and land.
Set
Your church on fire. Win this nation back.
Change
the atmosphere. Build Your kingdom here.
We
pray.
Awake
the kingdom seed in us! Fill us with the
strength and love of Christ.
We
are Your church. We are the hope on earth.
We pray that as we fulfill the
mission of this school that we are equipping our students with the foundation
to be the hope on earth. We also pray
that we will also provide the students with tangible opportunities to shine their
lights through their learning at PCS. And finally we pray that through all of
this that the student’s habits are formed towards imagining the Kingdom as they
work to live that out for others.
