Open Up Our Eyes

Sometimes when The Husband and I are home, lazing around...We find ourselves streaming worship, awakening services at IHOP, and watching a collection of messages we have collected over the years. Last night, at dinner with a respected friend, we talked for a while about World Revival Church in Kansas City. So, of course, since we have never been there...we decided to stream some worship videos today, as we rested. 

I came across this song that? Just. Gripped. Me.  I am convinced that the reason we aren't standing in the greatest revival of all times has NOTHING. I repeat, NOTHING. to do with God. It has to do with the sins, the apathy, and the complacency of the church. God wants a people that pursue Him as fervently as he pursues us. So? Why are we checking our watches at noon? 

I have blessed you, today, with not only the lyrics (which are awfully poetic) but also the YouTube video. (Ahem, you're welcome). I encourage you to take a minute and really seek God. You may find that He's? Been trying to get you to. all. along.

We have rested in God's arms so long, I think we fell asleep

We keep on making promises we don't intend to keep

We have said that we would follow Him, no matter what the cost

But an hour into Church and we start looking at our watch.

How long will we stand still?

We keep crying for His kingdom, but we fight for our own will.

Open up our eyes

Open up our ears

Break our hearts of stone

That we might feel you once again

Forgive us of our pride

Forgive us of our sin

Let Your glory come

As we turn to You again.

We have said that He is everything that we will ever need

But we spend our lives chasing after every other thing

Wherever He may lead us, we say that we will go

But when His spirit wants to move, all we want to do is soak

We're crying out for Your church to awaken.

We're crying out for You to heal our land.

We're crying out, Oh shake this generation!

We're crying out for a touch from. Your. Hand.