When we sing the hymns and spiritual songs of the church, we profess what we believe, who we love, and our commitment to the Lord. Songs like Holy, Holy, Holy, teach us who God is. Songs like “Oh how I love Jesus”, simply express our love for Him, and “I Surrender All” help us to declare our commitment to the Lord 

When I was in South Korea, the church sang a song that expressed a commitment that I rarely ever hear the church in America sing. A rough translation of the first stanza of the song is: 

We have one wish until the day the Lord comes again.

The love of the cross of the Lord engraved in our hearts

Make me love my church

Our hearts toward the Lord’s church

Sacrifice and renunciation, poverty and suffering

 Not even death Can stop us

Our church is the hope of this land. 

As we were singing, I couldn’t help, but to wonder could we in the church in America truly sing that song and mean it. My desire is to sacrifice, to renounce everything, embrace, poverty, and suffering, because I love my church and believe that the church is the hope of our nation. If we truly believe that the church is God‘s instrument to bring hope to our world then we would be willing to give our everything to see the church thrive in our land. We are going to see revival and spiritual awakening in our nation, we as the body of Christ must give our all. What are you willing to give?