This Sunday we come to the powerful crescendo of 1 Corinthians 15 and the triumphant declaration that on the day of our future resurrection these promises of God will come to pass (1 Cor. 15:54-55):
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
This past Sunday we sang Wendell Kimbrough’s song Eternal Weight of Glory, which was inspired by 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 and 2 Corinthians 4:17. I wanted to print the lyrics here for us to chew on this week in preparation for this Sunday.
Eternal Weight of Glory
Now the days and hours and moments
Of our suffering seem so long;
And the toilsome wait and wondering
Threaten silence to our song.
Now our pain is real and pressing
Where our faith is thin and weak,
But our hope is set on Jesus;
And we cling to him, our strength.
Oh, eternal weight of glory!
Oh, inheritance divine!
We will see our Lord redeeming
Every past and future time.
All our pains will be transfigured,
Like the scars of Christ our Lord.
We will see the weight of glory,
And our broken years restored.
For behold! I tell a mystery:
At the trumpet sound we’ll wake
“Death is swallowed up in victory!”
When we meet our King of Grace
Every year we thought was wasted
Every night we cried “How long?”
All will be a passing moment
In our Savior’s victory song
We will see our wounded Savior.
We’ll behold him face to face;
And we’ll hear our anguished stories
Sung as victory songs of grace.
For behold! I tell a mystery:
At the trumpet sound we’ll wake
“Death is swallowed up in victory!”
When we meet our King of Grace
Every year we thought was wasted
Every night we cried “How long?”
All will be a passing moment
In our Savior’s victory song
Words and Music: © 2015 Wendell Kimbrough.
Kenny Clark will be preaching this week and Walt Harrah will be leading us in our sung worship. Would you pray for each as they prepare?
May God fill our hearts to overflowing this Sunday with thankfulness for Jesus, our resurrection hope, and our imperishable inheritance.
See you on livestream, Grace! Come hungry.
SONG OF THE WEEK
Eternal Weight of Glory by Wendell Kimbrough