Therefore, God elevated him to the place
of highest honor
and gave him the name above all other
names,
that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the
earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11
O Jesus,
forgive me for forgetting.
forgive me for allowing
fear and uncertainty
to take hold.
so easily I forget.
I forget that You
are on the throne.
I forget that You
are God and I am not.
I forget that the victory is
already won.
You know how the story ends
because You wrote the story!
You not only wrote the story,
but You entered into that story.
all for love You stepped down
from all that is pure and
lovely and holy and
beautiful and
You became
one
of
us.
all. for. love.
You understand.
You understand
the hatred and
intolerance and
racism and pride
and evil and disregard
for the incredible gift that
every. single. life. represents.
You understand because You lived.
You walked in every footprint of
every heart ever beating.
and as You look down at
Your creation today,
Your tears must
fall
like
the
rain.
You see the unseen.
You see the battle fierce
being fought for every soul.
Your light
Your power
Your authority
not only causes demons
to shudder and run,
but You have promised
that same light and
power and authority
are ours as well!
O Jesus give us hearts
of courage wrapped in
the same humility with
which You walked the very
ground on which Your blood
ran red with Your heart of love.
remind us always that
You. are. on. the. throne.
light will always extinguish the dark
and even today when darkness seems
to cover like a suffocating blanket
of fear and uncertainty,
a flame still burns.
and even the tiniest
flickering flame will
pierce the darkness.
and one day there
will be no more night.
I also pray that you will understand
the incredible greatness of God's
power for us who believe Him
this is the same mighty power
that raised Christ from the dead
and seated Him in the place of honor
at God's right hand in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 1:19-20
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