The Story Glory Tells

This flowed out of a series i taught for the Expositors' Class at Highview this summer...

We need the peace of Jesus Christ
The only shalom that has sufficed
We need to let it rule and reign
In hearts filled with doubt and pain

In our circumstances we find fear
But God in heaven draws us near
And the peace of Christ o’erflows
Overwhelms and holds us close

When the accuser accuses
And this life abuses
In this Peace I am called just
For righteousness redeems this dust

Each small victory prepares us
By each failure we’re undone
For our strength is found outside us
By His power the battle is won

As we stand within the glory
Of the hope that in us dwells
Christ in Us shall tell the story
We’re the stories glory tells

On each battlefield yet to come
In each defeat of the past
By His power His will is done
As before the throne we cast
Every circumstance from first to last…

As we stand within the glory
Of the hope that in us dwells
Christ in Us shall tell the story
We’re the stories glory tells…

Anthony Foster
Colossians 2-3
August 19, 2008