In Hiding

Wallowing in mud 

Trying to find a way out 

Yet falling down with a thud

Self-pity, pride and doubt 

All crowd out the knowledge of His love 

There’s no hope they say

You’ll never bee good enough 

Darkness lurks all about your day

It feels as though life’s never been this rough

You go through your routines 

Building up a ten foot wall

It’s all just the means 

To hide everyone from seeing you fall 

What do they think of you

Are you good enough for everyone? 

There’s nothing you could ever do

To make all your failures undone 

We are all hiding behind walls of stone 

Trying to cover the messes we’ve made 

Yet deep within, we groan 

Only looking to Christ will we fade

For we are nothing without Him

Even our good deeds are useless 

We are only like a limb 

Nothing without His righteousness 

Dead unless connected to the tree

Thus we must get out of the way 

So all can see 

His life and power in us this day

Our pride separates us from His life

Immediately we begin to wither  

As though a razor sharp knife 

Cut through and thither 

Until separated from the trunk 

We then begin to rot and stink 

Rid yourself from all selfishness 

Self esteem, self pity, pride and confidence 

Be filled instead with Christ and His righteousness 

Although the fog and clouds still seem dense 

Beyond it all, still shines the sun 

In all it’s brightness and glory 

There’s no need to doubt nor be glum

Everything He writes in His story 

Is all part of a perfect plan

Even when we miss the mark 

It’s only His hand

Hidden, working in our heart

That which will glorify His Name 

So let go of the pen you’re grasping 

Give up all that’s given shame 

Your fingers numb from clasping 

Your hearts heavy from all the pain

It’s only when you’re weakest 

Not worrying about what others think

For then His power shows up greatest 

Soon this world will be over in a blink 

And only His opinion matters

His Kingdom, His righteousness, His Name 

Never heed the lips of one who flatters 

For the next minute all he’ll do is blame

Be rooted deep within the Fathers love

Nothing else compares to Him 

He’s quietly planning for you above 

As all the earthly applause grows dim

He gives you more His Spirit and Nature Divine 

Nothing here compares to this 

Renew your way of thinking in your mind

He’ll reveal to you such bliss

His love is surpassing 

All height and depth, width and length 

Going beyond all understanding

That you may be filled with 

All of Him, in every single part

As He seeks to abide 

With you in the secret heart

What joy beyond all compare inside

While outside the storm will blow

Nevertheless joy overflows while doing His will

There alone as you get to know

His ways, and better still

His heart, His love, 

where no one else ever will see

Its between you and Him

He shines forth all His glory 

Through your, broken, empty life