Grace and Glory is a manifesto declaring Isaiah 26:8.
It has a special message if you read the last words of each line from the end to the beginning.
Glory is beauty and splendor so overwhelming it moves our souls
into action. It is unmatched majesty brighter and hotter than our
sun, deeper and higher and wider than valley or peak or plateau, all of
which were made by the same hands, by the same God. And this is our desire:
To make His glory famous. To sing it into every dark corner; to fly the banner of the
Most High over hopelessness; to carry good news wherever desperate people are,
because our God is Great, and His name is great, and His renown
stretches through the ages—from the birth of the universe to your
seat right now. We will carry that banner, that hope, and
we will flood these streets with wonder and awe at the name
above all names; at the king of all kings; at Jesus, the Messiah, who took your
place on a cross that was built for
You. He stayed until it was finished so you
could see his glory. And then He conquered death and hell and the grave for
good. So we will find our life in Him, drinking eagerly
of the water that will quench our souls, and we will wait
for Jesus, the Promise-keeper, to return. And until He does, we
love mercy and we wear compassion and we pursue truth.
God, we will stand in awe of your
deeds, we will drink only of
your springs, we will fill ourselves with only you, and we will have it no other way.
With outstretched hands we will praise the one who put breath in the
Lungs we use to shout His name; with racing hearts we’ll revel in
the glory of the King who put life in our limbs. And if someone walks with us, they’ll be walking
a straight line to Jesus Christ: our hope, our Salvation, our Lord.
Because for everything He has done, and everything He will do, and everything He was and is and is to come, we tell Him Yes
Lord,
walking
in
the
way
of
your
truth,
we
wait
eagerly
for
you.
For
your
name
and
your
renown
are
the
desire
of
our
souls.