Calling Out Your Name

A Devotional on Rich Mullins' Lyrics

These lyrics come from the Rich Mullins’ song, “Calling Out Your Name.”

From the place where morning gathers

You can look sometimes forever ‘til you see

What time may never know

What time may never know

How the Lord takes by its corners this old world

And shakes us forward and shakes us free

To run wild with the hope

To run wild with the hope

The hope that this thirst will not last long

That it will soon drown in a song not sung in vain

And I feel thunder in the sky

I see the sky about to rain

And I hear the prairies calling out Your name

In these words, Mullins expresses his expectation for newness- the newness that is only possible through the work of Jesus Christ. He illustrates an important point: it is not just humanity that longs for this new creation but all of creation with us. Just as Isaiah prophesied in chapter 11, the whole world is yearning for a newness that can only come through a miraculous work of the Creator. But in the mean time, we sing songs, we break bread, we are good stewards of the spiritual truths sharing the holy hope of redemption, and remain good stewards of the created order around us. In this we proclaim that there is a loving God, in Jesus Christ, who has not abandoned us to our own devices, but has entered into our world to redeem. And he will one day return to fulfill, entirely, that hope of renewal.

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• Sunday worship at 11am

• Sunday School at 9:45am

  • I am teaching through the Gospel According to Matthew

  • Youth/Children’s Group! Daniel and Emily Mendez are heading up the Youth Group Bible Study at 9:45

• Wednesday Prayer Posse 12pm

• Trail Life each Sunday from 2-3pm

• Pastor Steven’s Office Hours 8-4 Mon-Thursday

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