this was one of my favorite songs from philly in 2008. there was something about standing in the back of the auditorium-converted gym, lined up with my staff, and watching students respond to the gospel on thursday nights. it was a song i brought back with me from camp. i even used it during a leadership meeting at bcm. we even sang it again this summer, in a different set list--on a thursday night, yet again.
i think today, during worship at mountain brook, was the first time i really got this line of this song. i mean, like really understood it, like a "whoa buddy!" kind of moment.
we make things so....big, sometimes. our problems blow up and escalate and affect every area of our lives. we think that we'll always be alone and miserable, or happy, or fill in the blank. although we know the reality of the brevity of life, sometimes we act as if we're going to live forever. we even complain about the humdrum days, when in reality we should be thankful for another moment. my point is...
"Your light will shine when all else fades."
everything else...fades. leaves. vanishes. the bad things--insecurities, money woes, loneliness, frustration, envy, stress, grades...
but you know what the other part of this is? the good things--they fade too. we see evidence of this in our lives. friends and relationships and opportunities and accomplishments come and go, and it's hard to see them leave.
there is joy in this, and that is that the light of the Lord never fades. He does not faint. His laws and precepts are eternal. He Himself is timeless and everlasting.
so, why worry about these temporal things? why put so much stock in the world, because in the end, as the song says...
"everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades"
...and it's Your light, not ours.
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