When Jesus sneaks up on you, what a surprise!
Death is upended, with all of its lies.
When He takes the worst of your fears by surprise.
Discouragement shatters, and all compromise.
God’s elect have been crying out all through the night,
Longing to see dreams and visions take flight,
The things they’ve been hoping for so many years.
“Lord, save us from bondage. We’ve so many fears.”
Prayer warriors knocking upon heaven’s door
Cry, “God, grant us justice we’ve not seen before.
The enemy’s raging. We cannot hold back
These poisonous darts of his latest attack.
“We stick to your Word and your promises claim,
Yet satan’s been getting the glory and fame.
We’re weary of battling the spirit of death.
Silence rules while we fight with our last dying breath.”
Then, behold! Jesus enters the temple: Surprise!
He conquers all fear with one look from His eyes.
“Treason!” shouts Athaliah, the wicked old queen,
As the brightness of His sudden coming is seen.
The thief sent the whirlwind that shattered Job’s house,
And made the poor sufferer feel like a louse.
His heart had been broken, success stripped away,
Disease gripped his body, he cursed his birthday.
His friends sought for reasons. Why did this occur?
But their words held no comfort. Their words could not cure.
Then, surprise! God showed up. Through a whirlwind He spoke,
And by His appearing, fresh faith He awoke
Restoring the joy that those old guys had lost
(And reminding a few of the lines they had crossed,
In not speaking right of the life-giving One
Who endured greater loss but the victory has won.
For, many years later, upon a long road
That led to Emmaus, two sad people strode.
Then a stranger snuck up, someone they did not know.
Where did this man come from and where would he go?
They spoke of their sorrow and all of their strife.
“We’re so disappointed right now with this life.
We thought we had found our Messiah at last.
But now He has died and our hopes are all past.”
Then, how their hearts burned as he opened God’s Word
To understand scriptures they knew they had heard.
They begged him to stay, and with them he shared bread
Which opened their eyes to great truths they had read.
When Jesus sneaks up on you, what a surprise!
Death is upended, and all of its lies.
Watch HIM take the worst of your fears by surprise
Revealing the truth behind your greatest “why’s.”
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