As we share devotions today, we’re reminded that the heart of our music must always be the message it carries. Today that message is a beautifully simple, but deeply challenging one – the call for Christ to be seen in us.
The music we share this week are words that I’m sure many of us have sung often – words that express a longing every believer knows well.
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆโฆ
Itโs a prayer that asks God to shape our character, refine our motives, and also let His life shine through ours in ways that touch the people around us. Itโs the kind of prayer that changes how we play, how we speak, how we serve, and how we live our everyday lives when no one sees us.
The verses of the song move from desire, to surrender, to transformation:
- A desire for Christโs beauty to be seen in us.
- A surrender to His cleansing, healing, and restoring work.
- A transformation so complete that the world sees Christ, and only Christ, in me.
This is our journey of grace. It’s not something we achieve through our own strength, but something God moulds in us as we open our lives to Him. As a band, as a church, as disciples, this is our shared prayerโthat our music, our ministry, and our lives would quietly and consistently point to Jesus.
May this weekโs music and word, help us make that prayer our own – โ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐.โ
Here is ‘Christ In Me’ (Kenneth Downie) played by the International Staff Band.
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ,
๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ;
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ
โ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ.
๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญโ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ,
๐๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ,
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ,
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ,
๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ,
๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ;
๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ,
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ,
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.