In Christ Alone

I was listening to worship songs on my iPod yesterday. Since I don’t have a lot of songs on it, it can get repetitive. As I was listening, the song “In Christ Alone” came on. I have to be honest, I’m kind of burnt-out on this song. As I was reaching to skip it, I felt something telling me to listen to the song. As I was listening, I starting thinking about Mordecai’s words to Esther “If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”

I thought that we are actually lucky because we are alive at such a time as this because we have the hope needed at this time. God knows that we have the answer to everyone’s fear and anxiety. If we keep quiet the people that need that hope won’t hear it. That’s one of the reasons for these blogs the church posts. So as I was thinking these things the words of the song started to hit me. This is our message for such a time as this:

In Christ alone my hope is found, he’s my light, my strength, my song. He’s our cornerstone through the fiercest drought and storm. (We’re in a storm now but He’s the captain on who we stand) He stands in victory and sin’s curse has lost its grip on me. (He’s made us free) I am His, He is mine. No guilt in life, no fear in death, this is the POWER of Christ in us. (Death where is your victory, oh death where is your sting?) No power of hell or scheme of man can pluck us from his hand. (We are secure and safe in Him)

Then the bridge drove the point home:

I find my strength, my hope, my help in Christ alone. When fear sets, and darkness falls I find my peace in Christ alone. I give my life, I give my all, I sing to Christ alone. The King of Kings the Lord of all, All Heaven Sings to Christ Alone! 

We have the message of hope. The world shouts it’s negative message. Let’s give our lives and give our all, to shout and sing God’s positive message. The God who created the universe loves us. No one is insignificant in his eyes. He has given us Christ. Until He returns or calls us home let’s stand in the power of Christ!

And the next time you feel like skipping a song, don’t! It may just impact you in ways you can’t even imagine!