“SHEPHERD’S ROD”

"JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY"

THERE IS NOTHING TO COMPARE
WITH THE JOY OF MY ABIDING ONES
THEY CENTER THEIR AFFECTIONS ON ME
AND COUNT ALL LOSS TO KNOW
THIS ONE FROM CALVARY

"COME ALONG" THEY WILL INVITE ONE AND ALL
THEY WILL SING THEIR SONGS
OFFER ME PRAISE
AND COUNT EACH DAY
AS A GIFT UNTO ME
FOR YOU SEE
THEY WERE FORMED
TO RISE ABOVE THIS EARTHLY REALM
TO SEE AS I SEE
TO KNOW MY HEART
TO FEEL MY JOY

TRUE REST WILL COME TO THOSE WHO ABIDE
AND ALL THERE WILL BE LEFT
IS
JOY

DO NOT COUNT THE HOURS
OF THIS HOLOCAUST BROUGHT UPON THIS SOIL
DO NOT FATHOM THE EXPENSE OF REBUILDING
THE BUILDINGS AND HOMES
LOST IN THE FLOODS AND DISASTERS
DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS NOT PLANNED
THAT I HAVE OVERLOOKED THIS LAND
DO NOT PROPOSE TO SOLICIT MY HELP
UNTIL YOU ARE FULLY OF ME
FULLY OF MY BLOOD
FULLY SUBMISSIVE TO MY WILL
AND ACKNOWLEDGING OF MY GREAT LOVE
TO GO TO WHATEVER EXTREMES ARE NECESSARY
TO REMOVE FROM THIS LAND
ALL THAT HOLDS THE CHILDREN BACK
FROM KNOWING ME
LOVING ME
RELYING ONLY ON ME

YES, THERE WILL BE JOY IN THE LAND
IN THE MIDST OF THE CRISIS
AND DESTRUCTION
THIS IS THE TRUEST FORM OF JOY

FOR MY PEOPLE WILL LIFT THEIR HEADS
TO SEE MY FACE
THEY WILL PRAISE ME
KNOWING THAT I BRING THE LOFTY CITY LOW
AND THE WISE ARE SHAMED BY THE SIMPLE

JOY?
PURE JOY WILL BE UPON MY PEOPLE
AS THEY COME
TO MY THRONE
OFFER THEMSELVES ANEW
WITHOUT RESERVATION
WITHOUT PLEA
JUST SIMPLY
TO
PLEASE
ME

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND
AND THERE IS NO MORE
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
WHAT WILL BRING MY PRESENCE
BACK TO THIS LAND?
WHAT WILL CAUSE ME TO LOOK UPON
THE UNITED STATES
AND CALL YOU MY OWN?
WHAT WILL CAUSE SATAN TO LOSE
ALL POWER OVER YOU?

WORSHIP
~ 

THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL


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