We know the message,

We’ve heard the word;

Ought we be established in all that we heard?

Tentatively pulling ourselves up to stand,

One leg on the rock, the other the sand;

Maybe this time we’ll learn to trust You,

The One who’ll do all He’s promised to do.

Maybe we’ll learn the Rock’s in fact stable,

Our house is established, our God is able!

Can we stop doubting, choosing instead just to see,

by faith, what we’re expecting, and call it to be?

Then our daring transmission of the message will be

A market-place wonder, a sign, our victory

As people renewed, see Your glory

Not in heaven,

But on earth,

Not far off

But near,

Not fruitless effort,

Not religion or strife,

But a demonstration of this real Kingdom,

Real Jesus,

Real life.

Kirsty Allan, (c) 2010

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