See Him King

 

See King Him

In the beginning,
The word was light,
Beyond the darkness,
beyond sight,
And that light
was the light
of the life of men,
And we best behold it
and start living then,
In all it's fullness
He is life,
Why is it then,
We feel such strife?

He came to his own,
But we beheld him, not,
And turned away,
and turned it off,
the voice that said,
we should seek him,
but we turned our hands,
to shallow things,
that did not hold
the depth of love
that could not fill,
The volume of,

All his fullness,

But in all we do,
we're seeking him,
though we know it not,
Beneath our skin,
The yearning that comes,
when we cannot sleep,
The restlessness in
the deepest deep,
as our souls call out
to him,
To save his sheep,
We are lost,
but cannot reach,
home's safety.
and can not even call out 'save me',

When we cant find answers,
and even when we have already found it,
When we cant separate out the Love
From the religion that surrounds it

We are seeking truth,
we are seeking hope,
We are seeking life,
We are seeking love,

We are seeking him,

at the heart of it,
when deeds are done,
when all our battles ,
are lost or won,

we have been seeking him,

seeking him,

See King Him

King Jesus,

I want to see the king
soon and very soon,
I want to see the king,
Heart; prepare him room,
I want to see the king,
High and lifted up,
I want to see the child,
Born to be lifted up,

I want to see the king,
Soon and very soon,
I want to see the king
I wanna sing his tune,


The wisest of men,
Will be seeking still
Seeking for what,
The world cannot fill,
And bringing their gifts,
They worshipped him there,
The King in baby-grows,
The Son and Heir,

To see the light,
The light of life,
the full life of everything,
We should stop seeking him,
and instead,
We should see him King,

See him at the centre,
ruling everything,
see him working for the good,
of those that do love him,
see him ruling still,
through every situation,
kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall,
Nations fighting nation,
See him holding power,
when all about seems lost,
see him counting hours,
see him thawing history's frost,

until
one day,

We all shall see him king,
every one,
on bended knees,
with confessing tongues,

When the King is on the throne,
His loyal subjects,
Will feel at home,


Soon and very soon,
We are going to see the king,
Soon and very soon,
We are going to see the King,
Soon and very soon,
We are going to see the king,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah
 We are going to see the king,

So See him king.

Reflection: See Him King

So, as I mentioned yesterday, there is a small glut of 'event poems', of which this is one. Written specifically for a performance. But I like the central idea of it enough to share it.

I believe the theme of Seeking him  (or something similar) was set for our Christmas outreach that year and I played around with it a bit. The poem pivots on the word play when I switch from seeking him, to see King him, to see him King.

I suppose, in all our wondering and wandering, we are seeking him. I don't doubt that at our soul's core, he is the often missing piece. So in a sense in all we do we are really looking for him, and if not then we are suppressing the need of him.

I think I pictured this as an issue of perspective. If we are, in our troubles seeking him for answers and reassurance, I feel we can at times miss the point. MY little terrier used to try and get hold of footballs that were far too big for her mouth, and with every attempted bite she would propel the ball further away. I feel sometimes when we 'seek God' possibly for wrong (but understandable) motives we need to come to the end of ourselves and accept his sovereignty:(as Job says) will not the judge of all the earth do right?

To see him King, to see his sovereignty and to trust in his love and compassion (even when we have reason to believe the contrary) to take our eyes from ourselves (and our need) and to look to him on his throne will give us more answers than all our questioning ever could. Perspective is restored.

And then of course to see him King. As in 'I would see him (become) King'. That is to endeavour in all our lives to acknowledge him. To see out those areas of our lives that we are yet to surrender to his rule and see him King in these places. This is ultimately what we (Hopefully) daily pray. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done.

~Scripture~

“Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name.

Your kingdom come,

your will be done,

    on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our debts,

    as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,

    but deliver us from evil

~Matthew 6:9-13~

 Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the kingdom of God come?” Jesus answered, “God’s kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you will be able to see with your eyes. People will not say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ because God’s kingdom is within you.

~Luke 17:20-21~