Spring Reign

"Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation may spring up,
and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also;
I the LORD have created it." (Isaiah 45:8)

I am a disciple of Jesus Christ --
Sovereign over all the earth.
But that tells you so little about me.
For so many have come before me in
Christ's name
To conquer and to kill
To engage in a struggle to the death
rather than a struggle to liberate
God's truth (so I have falsely struggled)

Yet I am still a disciple of Christ
Ashamed of my own part in the
blasphemy of God in Christ's name
But not ashamed of the gospel Christ
died to proclaim
A Word so pregnant with God's
truth that even the rocks prod me
to sing its song with my being.

As unsure of myself as I am
sure of the good news of great
joy God raised Christ to prove
I will tell of God's goodness with my
hands and feet while my heart
melts within me

For I am a disciple of Jesus Christ
Sovereign over all the earth
Taking my place
as part of the stammering story
wherein we all must find ourselves.

Bathing in God's righteous rainfall
that draws forth salvation from
parched places and peoples
Like me, a sprouting disciple who sees
God's salvation in a world springing up to
praise the God who rains down righteousness
who bears the world on a
mighty rushing wind who bears
me to you

Because I am a disciple of Jesus Christ
and I see God's salvation in you.