THIS JOY THAT I HAVE
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1 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.
3 Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.
18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.
INTRODUCTION
I want to begin my sermon this morning by asking 2 questions:
If life that you live was submitted as proof that God exists, would there be enough evidence to prove the case.
Would the evidence of your life be admissible in God’s Holy court system.
If you were the only proof that God exists, what evidence would an investigation of your life present.
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Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
The evidence that you are a child of God and that you are filled with the spirit is the fruit that the holy spirit produces in your life.
In legal realm there are different types of evidence.
The fruit, the by-product, the results that show up in your spirit and your life point to and prove the reality that there is a God and that you know Him for yourself.
Not the functions of the flesh, but the fruit of the spirit.
Beloved — we confuse the functions of the flesh with fruit of the spirit.
It is not what you do in the flesh that proves your relationship with God.
It is what shows up in your spirit that is an indication that you know God — that you are filled with Holy Spirit.
We also confuse talentedness with being filled with the holy spirit.
The world is filled with a whole lot of talented people who don’t know God and use their God given talents to do the devil’s work.
We also confuse giftedness with being filled with the holy spirit.
You can have talents that are power, impressive, and awesome, and not even have a relationship with the God who gave you the talents.
There are people who can sing up a storm.
There are people who can preach like the wind.
There are people who can pray you happy.
But the quality of their talents are not indicative of the filling of the Holy Spirit.
One of the weaknesses of the church is that we glorify talentedness.
But there is a difference in a natural talent and a spiritual gift.
Both the talent and the gift come from God, but difference is this:
The talent is used to bring glory to individual.
The spiritual gift on the other hand is used by God to bring glory to God.
The difference is a spiritual gift has been surrender to God for his glory and his edification and for his purpose.
So we all too often we used the wrong kind of evidence as an indication that someone is filled with the spirit.
It is what is produced in your spirit.
TWO KINDS OF EVIDENCE
Anyone who has a background in law will tell you that in the legal realm there are different types of evidence.
There is direct evidence and then there is circumstantial evidence.
Direct evidence can be seen. Direct evidence is produced by means of eyewitness testimony.
Circumstantial evidence, on the other hand, is reached by drawing conclusions based upon a collection of arbitrary facts and details.
When an eyewitness asserts actual knowledge of a fact, that witness’ testimony is direct evidence.
On the other hand, when we make inferences or draw conclusions based upon a collect of details, we are engaging in circumstantial evidence.
If I walked out to my window one morning after I got out of bed and saw that snow was falling and was asked to testify in court about what I had seen, my testimony would be direct evidence. How did I know it was snowing?
I knew it was snowing because I saw it with my own eyes while it was happening.
On the other hand, if I looked out my window the night before and saw no snow on the ground, laid down went to sleep, got up the next morning and saw snow on the ground, then concluded that it had to snow last night because snow was on the ground when I woke up in the morning. That is circumstantial evidence. I didn’t see the snow fall with my own eyes. I did not observe it happening, but I am assuming that because there is snow on the ground, the snow must have fell last night.
ight before I went to bed and saw no snow on ground, and then went to sleep, but got up and saw snow on the ground and then concluded that it had to snow last night because snow was on the ground when I woke up, that is circumstantial evidence. I didn’t see the snow fall with my own eyes, but I am assuming that because there is snow on the ground, the snow fell last night.
According to the court of law, both direct and circumstantial evidence are admissible as a means of proving a case.
Oh, but according to divine law, circumstantial evidence is not admissible in God’s justice system.
You can’t assume that you know the Lord based upon circumstantial evidence.
I must know the Lord because I am working in the church, that’s circumstantial evidence.
I am serving him, so I must know him —that’s circumstantial evidence.
What you do
You must know him for yourself.
You must see him for yourself.
I come to church every Sunday dressed in Baptist beautiful, carrying my biggest Bible, I must know the lord — that’s circumstantial evidence.
I shout on Sunday, I say Amen! I must know the Lord — that’s circumstantial.
In God’s Kingdom, the only evidence that you are filled with the Holy Spirit, that you know the Lord is the fruit that shows up in spirit, the change that occurs in your heart.
THE EVIDENCE
For centuries, Christian congregations have sung William Kethe’s paraphrase of this psalm, wedded to the beloved tune “Old Hundredth.” First published in 1561, the words summarize the message of the psalm and help the worshippers give thanks to the Lord. Sometimes the traditional “Doxology” (“Praise God, from whom all blessings flow”) by Thomas Ken is sung as the last verse. The psalm is a fitting climax to the collection of “royal psalms” (93, 95–100) and sums up their emphasis on God’s sovereign rule, His goodness to His people, the responsibility of all nations to acknowledge Him, and the importance of God’s people exalting and worshipping Him. (See 95:1-2, 6-7.)
Our text this mornings gives us 3 pieces of evidence of being filled with the spirit.
We are admonished in
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
By the same token, says:
A Psalm for giving thanks.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
Both Paul and the Psalmist give up 3 pieces of evidence that you are filled with the Spirit:
Paul lifts up 3 pieces of evidence that you are filled with the Spirit:
Anyone who is filled with the Holy Spirit have JOY,
We are admonished in to be filled with the Spirit of God, and the evidence of this fullness is that we are joyful (5:19), thankful (5:20), and submissive (5:21–6:9).
If you are filled with the Holy Spirit you will display THANKSGIVING
Anyone who is filled with the Holy Ghost is able to SUBMIT themselves under the mighty hand of God.
These three characteristics of the believer controlled by God’s Spirit and God’s Word–and they go together–are presented in this wonderful psalm of thanksgiving.
When I first recieved Christ many years ago, a group of Charismatic Christians told me that the sign or the evidence that I was filled with the Holy Ghost was speaking in tongues. So for a long time, I felt like I was inferior to other Christians because I could not speak in tongues.
Then I read for myself, I got some direct evidence, not what they had told me, but what I read for myself where Paul ask,
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
Paul is saying that since every Christians does not have the gift of speaking in tongues, then speaking tongues cannot be the evidence of be filled with the Holy Ghost because some people would be filled and some wouldn’t.
So if every Christians does not speak in tongues, it cannot be the evidence of be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Then Paul goes on to say:
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
So even if I speak with the tongues of angels but have not love, I am nothing but a clinking symbol.
You can be gifted.
Your giftedness, your talent is not an indication that you know the Lord.
You can be talented and still not know the Lord.
But there is a difference in a talent and gift. They both come from God.
But the difference is a gift is used to glorify God not the individual.
In fact that difference in a gift and talent is the talent is given by God, but you give you life to God and allow him to use your talent to glorify him, then the talent is a gift.
Paul declares be filled with the spirit, making melody in your heart, giving thanks, and submitting yourselves.
That’s the evidence.
When you are filled with the spirit you will have joy.
When you are filled with the spirit you will be thankful.
When you are filled with the spirit you will submit yourself to the mighty hand of God.
JOY
But in the same way that we misunderstand the evidence of being filled with the spirit, we are also misinterpret what it means to have joy.
Joy is not optional.
Our heavenly Father is not indifferent to our happiness.
Joy is an essential characteristic of Christian life.
The Scriptures are clear:
God’s people are both commanded over and over again to rejoice and be characterized by having joy.
Joy is essential.
Joy is not the appetizer before the meal.
Joy is not the decoration on the table.
Joy is not the garnish that makes the plate look good.
Joy is not the icing on our cake; it is an essential ingredient in recipe.
If joy is essential, then it must mean that joy is possible.
In a world of sin and suffering, mess and misery, trials and tribulations, it is good news to hear that you can have joy in the midst of it all
Joy is commanded all over the Bible.
The Psalmist tells us that we should have joy.
Let Israel be glad in his Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!
“Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!” ().
“Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!” ().
The command to have joy shows up in the Gospels.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
M“Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven” (). “Leap for joy” ().
“Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven” (). “Leap for joy” ().
The admonition to have joy also appears in the Epistles.
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
It shows up in the Epistles, Paul Declared:
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“Rejoice in hope. . . . Rejoice with those who rejoice” (, ). “Finally, brothers, rejoice” ().
WHAT IS JOY
By what exact is joy.
Laughter is not a indication that you have joy.
If you have joy, you will laugh, but laughing in and of itself does not mean that you have joy.
Laughter is not joy in the Bible, nor is joy laughter.
You will laugh when you are filled with joy, but laughter is not joy.
It is not.
Some people will have believe that joy is a good feeling.
Mostly we think of joy as a good feeling, and it is.
But you can have a good feeling and still not have joy.
Most of us are happy and laugh when things are going well, but when things are not going well, the laughter and the happiness disappear.
That’s now joy!
For most of us happiness and laughter rise when things go well, and disappears when things go badly.
Some of us might seek after joy by coming to church and singing, clapping, and trying to "feel it", and we feel good for awhile, but when we leave here that feeling goes away because it is not joy.
The laughter.
That’s a good feeling, but it is not joy.
Don’t get me wrong.
Joy will cause you to laugh.
Joy will make you feel good.
But laughing and feeling good are not an indication that you have joy.
We laugh with our mouth.
But joy comes from your spirit, not your mouth.
Laughter is circumstantial evidence.
You can’t assume that someone has joy just because they laugh a lot.
You can’t assume that someone knows the Lord just because they always have a smile on their faces.
There are whole lot of people who laugh all the time, but they don’t have joy their spirit.
Just because you laugh don’t mean that you have joy.
The Bible does not say the laughter is a fruit.
The Bible declares:
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23It joy is a part of the fruit of the spirit.
And let’s be clear, the word fruit is not plural.
And let’s be clear, the word fruit is not plural. It is single.
It is single.
So the fruit of the spirit is all of those things together coming together as one.
You can’t take some of them and not have the others.
It’s a package deal.
You can’t say, oh I got that joy thing, but I am still working on the kindness thing.
It is inaccurate to say I got the faithfulness down, but the patience is coming.
In the same way that you can’t puck the eggs out of the cake after it’s baked.
You can’t select which aspects of the fruit of the spirit you will possess, once you are born again.
Here’s the thing about laughter:
Therefore it is possible to have enduring joy.
You can laugh and still not have joy.
Some people use laughter as a means of covering up their pain.
Some people use laughter as a means hiding so they don’t have deal with reality.
Some people laugh to amuse themselves even though they are suffer inside.
Sarah laughed, not because she had joy.
She laughed because she did not believe that God was going give her a child in her old age.
She laughed but she didn’t have joy.
You can laugh all the time, but still not have joy.
1. Hurtful humor.
You can actually say something to somebody that you joke about and laugh about, but you mean it seriously, and use the laughing to hide behind.
You can say something that is cutting and then turn around and make a joke about to camouflage your true feelings.
Joy is not laughter.
Joy is also not happiness.
Joy is not a good feeling.
Joy and happiness are two very different things.
Joy and happiness are two very different things. Happiness is external and momentary – it can come about from events, activities, moments shared with others; but joy is internal, accompanied by peace and contentment that remains solid even in the dark, troubling times of life.”
Happiness is external and momentary – it can come about from events, activities, moments shared with others.
Joy, on the other hand, is internal, accompanied by peace and contentment that remains solid even in the darkness; sticks around evening troubling times of life.”
Happiness is an emotion and emotions are fleeting and can turn on a dime based on your circumstances and daily events.
Joy is something more.
Joy is deeper.
Joy is a state of being, not an emotional expression.
Joy is constant.
Happiness fleeting.
I think of joy in relation to the vows I said on my wedding day. For better or worse, for richer or poorer, through sickness and in health, to have and to hold, till death do us part. It’s something we have through all stages of life; good and bad. We hold on to it in some respects, and desperately at times, to help us through those bad times in life.
Joy comes from God.
Happiness comes from things.
Joy comes from the Lord.
WHERE DOES JOY COME FROM?
So where do you get this joy from?
In order to be filled with the Holy Ghost, you have to be born again.
You can’t have the Holy Spirit, without knowing the Father.
Joy is a portion of the fruit of the spirit.
You can’t have the fruit without having the spirit.
Once you know God, the more we learn about the God the more your joy will increase.
The more you stay in the Word and the Word stays in you, you more you joy will be complete.
You wanna have joy – Get to know God.
So if God orchestrates or allows it, surely getting to know this God who is in control will keep your joy constant.
I have joy, because in those life moments that are not pleasant or downright aweful to experience, I am still connect to the one who in control of all this, so I can have joy.
Not only does it come from the Lord but He commands it of us.
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
Phillipians 3:1
Rejoice always,
1 Thessa
Joy is the noun.
Rejoice in the Lord. – it’s a command.
Be joyful always. – command.
So, since it’s a command I figured I better get a good handle on it!
Rejoicing is the verb.
Joy is a choice.
So much of life is out of our control; but one thing we can always control is our reactions and behaviors.
The noun is a person place or a thing.
A verb is an action word.
As much as I’d like to use the excuses that maybe my pain level that day or how tired I am or how stressful things are control my reactions – they don’t. I do. I have the choice to look beyond the event of the moment to the bigger picture and chose to lean on the constant arm of joy. There are times we won’t be able to see the bigger picture, after all, some things will happen to us and around us that just don’t make sense. But still, we have the ability to place the event in its proper place and not let an off the cuff reaction at a time of anger and vulnerability be the thing that people remember us for or mark as our personality.
Joy is what have — rejoicing is what I do if I have joy.
So, since it’s a command I figured I better get a good handle on it!
Joy is not based on our circumstance or other people.
Events in our life come and they go; circumstances change.
The good news about joys is that it stays with you regardless of where you are in your life.
Joy is what gives you the ability to rise above, over, and out of painful situations.
It is a dangerous things to base your joy on other people or expect them to be responsible for the level of joy in our hearts.
You are setting yourself up for a let down if you place too much responsibility on the shoulders of others because they will eventually let you down.
After all, they are human and imperfect just like you and me.
If man gives your joy, you will certain lose your joy.
But that’s not how joy works and that not what joy is about.
By definition, joy does not come from man.
Joy is not is external – it’s internal.
Joy stays with you no matter who is in your life or no matter what is going on in your life.
So it’s with you no matter who is in your life.
Joy is not the emotion; joy is the state of being that comes from the Holy Ghost.
Joy will get you through the mess that makes life miserable.
Joy will keep you stable when all about you the world is changing.
Our text says be yea not drunk with wine, but be ye filled with the spirit.
Wine represents everything that we allow to control us.
Anything that controls us other than the holy spirit will lead us in the wrong direction.
Wine is an inhibitor.
It allows you to pull down your walls, let down your defenses and say and do things that you would not say and do otherwise.
Wine makes you bold.
Wine takes away your pain,
Wine makes you feel good.
The problem with wine; however, is that the high will rub off.
The effect with go away.
But when you are control by the spirit, it does not go away.
You can have joy in midst of the worse and most difficult situation in life.
IT IS HIS JOY.
Joy does not mean you always have a smile on your face,.
There are 42 references to laughter in the Bible, not many when we consider how many verses the bible contains, but still they have something to teach us. The words translated "laughter" come from seven different root words in the Hebrew and Greek original languages in the Bible.
Meanings: from the root word "to laugh" can come the secondary meanings on how we laugh -- caressingly; to be entertained; jesting; making sport of; mockingly;
According to the root meanings, we can be amused, celebrating, holding a contest, joking, making merry, playing, rejoicing, smiling, stammering, being gracious, being in derision, or scorning when we laugh.
GOD LAUGHS
The Bible records that God laughs.
I can have tears in my eyes and still have joy in my heart.
is a prayer for deliverance from David's enemies, when Saul was set to get rid of him. The first part of describes the wickedness of these enemies and verse 8 concludes "But Thou, O LORD, dost laugh at them; Thou dost scoff at all the nations".
This is an example of God laughing in derision at the puny, futile efforts of His enemies. is a similar scripture against the wicked. "The Lord laughs at him; For He sees his day is coming". This is derisive laughter at the wicked.
I can lose a love one and still have joy.
has a good teaching on the subject of wisdom. Verse 20 says this: "Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square" However, the chapter goes on to say that the people did not want God's wisdom. God begs them to repent. in verses 23- 26, He says, "Turn to my reproof, behold I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you; Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one paid attention; And you neglected all my counsel, and did not want my reproof; I will even laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes."
Joy is not the feeling.
Truly, none of us would want to be the object of God's laughter in this instance.
Joy is a spirit.
Ecclesiastes chapter 3, points out that there is a time for everthing. Verse 4 says there is "a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance".
Joy is not the emotion.
You can have joy, even int he midst of the storms of life.
According to the Beatitudes, “Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh".
Deep within my there is a spirit of joy and contentment, of peace even when I go through the storms of life.
That is joy.
Because I shout in church don’t mean I have joy.
I can shout in church, but still be plague with the trouble of the worlds.
Praising God is not joy.
You can praise God on Sunday and have no peace on Monday. That’s not joy.
Joy is deep on the inside.
Joy is not the feeling, joy is a state of being,.
Some Christians place themselves under condemnation because they cannot always present a smiling, laughing face. God never intended that we laugh for prolonged periods of time. We will experience many emotions in our Christian walk, we are promised laughter some of the time, but what kind of laughter?
There are different kinds of laughter
Again, Sarah laughed, but she did not have joy.
I have had my Sarah moments, when life was so ridiculous that all I could do was laugh.
I admire Sarah for laughing. I wouldn't find the news too amusing!
Sometimes life is so ridiculous all you can do is laugh.
So I was laughing on the outside because life was ridiculous, but I still have joy in inside because God is good.
Sometimes laughter is a process.
There is weeping season that you have to go through before you get to the laughing season.
Just like grief is a process.
Sorrow is a process.
Sometimes you have to climb out of the valley before you can laugh.
God promises it.
Hold on to Him.
Your time will come.
You can't force genuine laughing.
Wait for God to give you your time of laughter.
So laughter is alright.
But joy is better.
I can have joy in my crying season and I have joy in my laughing season.
Why because it is not my joy.
Mostly we think of joy as a good feeling, and it is. For most of us our joy rises when things go well, and disappears when things go badly. Some of us might seek after joy by coming to church and singing, clapping, and trying to "feel it", and we feel good for awhile, but real enduring joy eludes us and gets away.
Let's just pause for a moment and each one of us examine our own hearts and ask ourselves. What makes us joyful? Now, here's what SHOULD make us joyful! ,.
It is God’s joy.
Joy is possible in the most depressing conditions, because joy depends on the LORD and not on the conditions--look at poor Paul--he was physically exhausted to the point that his innards were churning with fear (depression)--yet he had joy because joy does not depend on how we feel, but on God. God always comes through for us!
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Is our joy too closely linked with our material possessions? How joyful would we be if the Government seized all our properties and goods, leaving us with ZIP? This happened to the Hebrew Christians and they were joyful through it all! ().
It’s God’s joy — not my joy, His joy.
I can’t give myself joy.
The entire Corinthian church (you know the one who thought they were giants in the move of the Spirit of God--lots of tongues, prophesying etc.) needed to be taught a lesson on joy--they had missed it--the lesson was the heart condition of the Macedonian Church compared to their own heart condition. .
I can’t give myself joy.
I can’t try to make myself happy, but I can’t give myself joy.
Jesus needed to teach His disciples about abiding joy because He knew they would look at their circumstances and become sorrowful. Yes, no one can take our joy away from us. Weeping is for a season, laughter is for a season, but joy goes on and on. Don't put your trust in temporary emotions like laughter. Laugh at appropriate times, weep at appropriate times, but put your trust in the Lord and His Word, and you will have abiding joy forever in your heart.
Joy is transmitted into my spirit by way of the Holy Spirit.
You want joy, get to know God.
You want joy in the midst of a storm read God’s word and find that he won’t forsake you or he won’t leave you and can have joy.
That’s why that Bible declares that the joy of the Lord is my strength.
It is not my joy – it is his joy.
THE PLAY ROOM
Somebody has come up with a great concept—putting playrooms in doctors’ offices. Many parents bring their kids to the doctor because they are sick and they need the doctor to see them. The playrooms are designed to distract the children from the pain of their problem until their problem gets fixed. The playroom gives them joy in a bad situation.
That’s the way God works. Even though things may not be going the way we want them to be on the outside, God has designed a “playroom” in our soul. In the midst of our circumstances, His joy can distract us from our pain or discomfort, until He makes provision for our change or healing.
Evans, T. (2009). Tony Evans’ book of illustrations: stories, quotes, and anecdotes from more than 30 years of preaching and public speaking (p. 174). Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers.
You know why the world can’t give it to and the world can’t take away from, becuase the world didn’t give it to me.
This joy that I have the world didn’t give to me.
This joy that I have the world didn’t give it to me.
This joy that I have the world didn’t give it to me.
The world didn’t give and the world can’t take it away.
Can I give you some direct evidence, not something somebody told me, but something I saw with my own eyes.
He woke me up this morning – and I saw a brand new day with these eyes that he gave me – direct evidence.
CLOSING POEM
Deep within my soul:
There is a light that shines in the midst of darkness
A fire that burns in the midst of rain,
A strength that rages in the midst of weakness,
A balm that soothes in the midst of pain;
There is a drive that cannot be deterred,
A determination that cannot arrested
A dreamed that cannot be deferred
A freedom that cannot be contested;
There is an individuality that cannot be replicated,
A substance that cannot be rationed,
A uniqueness that cannot be imitated
A style that cannot be fashioned;
There is a Spirit that
When I’m flying it guides my wings,
When I’m soaring it keeps me a float,
When I’m sad it makes me sing,
And when I rocking it steadies my boat;
There is a gist that cannot be categorized,
A Spirit that cannot be contained,
An essence that can be analyzed,
A nature that cannot be explained,
There is
A light in darkness,
A fire in rain
A strength in weakness
A balm in pain
A drive undeterred,
A determination unarrested,
A dream undeferred
A freedom uncontested
Individuality not replicated,
A substance not rationed,
Uniqueness not imitated,
A style not fashioned,
A Spirit that:
Guides my wings,
Keeps me afloat,
Makes me sings,
Steadies my boat,
A gist that is uncategorized
A Spirit uncontained,
An essence unanalyzed,
A nature unexplained,
Deep within
There is a Father in my heart,
And a Savior in my life,
From me He won’t depart,
Nor desert in the midst of strife.
So storms may come,
And winds may blow,
But I have I Father,
And in prayer to him I go.
Deep within
There is a Father in my heart,
Who makes me complete and whole,
There is a Savior in the life,
Who is the wind beneath my soul.
