This beautiful piece was written by Jo Deep and he agreed that I share it on here. I particularly like this piece because it struck home with me in a way I'd never thought of before. Enjoy!
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We are heirs of the Father
We are joint heirs with the Son
We are Children of God's Kingdom
We are Family, We are One!
I was
discussing with Joy Shimite of @outburstmusicgroup about spiritual songs,
especially how many Songs of our young age and Hymns are not being appreciated
for the riches they hold simply because we have unconsciously given these songs
a new meaning by singing them only at certain events.
For
instance, you'd most likely hear "Oh come to the Father through Jesus the
son and give Him the glory, great things He hath done" or "Blessed Assurance,
Jesus is mine" at a wedding or funeral service. Now, rather than dig into
the songs' riches, you're simply reminded of the event.
I mean, if
a song that has the gospel imprinted into is properly defined as a gospel song,
rather than defining it as a song sang by a Christian, then these are the real “gospel
songs” right? But well, what do I know?
At some
point during our discussion, Joy began to sing... "We are heirs of the Father". See, there
are many more songs we've thrown by the side with such depth and riches injected
into them by the song writers. To get your mind full of the heart of any song,
be mindful of the words of the song. Don't assume you know what it's about;
make sure you know.
Now,
concerning the song, if you were anything like me then you know that we usually
sing the song to probably round up a meeting and create a family bond in the
room by singing it to one another with the holding of hands which isn't wrong
at all... but look at the lyric again and tell me that the song writer didn't
mean to inspire MORE...
We are heirs of the Father
We are joint heirs with the Son
We are Children of God's Kingdom
We are Family, We are One!
Yes! We
are Family with one another and that's AWESOME! But oh boy, we are FAMILY with
GOD! Heirs of the FATHER! Joint HEIRS with THE SON! WE ARE ONE with THEM! Heirs of
the Father!? Joint Heirs with Jesus!? What a privilege!!! God bless
this song writer for the reminder.
Yes, we
are Family with one another but only because we are ALL first FAMILY TO GOD. By
reason of our family-ness with Him, We are, with one another too.
The
Family-hood-ness we even have with one another only holds weight because WE ARE
FAMILY WITH GOD! Wohooooooooo!
I'm getting too excited. I'm already inventing my own English. So I'm gonna end
on this note!
W E
(God/Jesus Christ/One Another) A R E O N E !
Grace and
Peace,
Jo Deep
The
LifeWay Chapel
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