"A Mighty Fortress is Our GOD"
A mighty fortress is our GOD, a bulwark never failing;
our helper HE amid the flood of mortal ills prevaling.
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing,
were not the right MAN on our side, the man of GOD's own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be? CHRIST JESUS, it is HE;
LORD SABAOTH, HIS Name, from age to age the same,
and HE must win the battle.
And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for GOD hath willed HIS Truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word shall fell him.
That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
the SPIRIT and the gifts are ours, thru HIM who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
the body they may kill; GOD's truth abideth still;
HIS Kingdom is forever.
- Martin Luther
We sang this in church today, and as I looked around at all the people singing, it hit me that this song has been sung for well over 400 years. And yet the truth of it has not changed. Our GOD is still a Mighty Fortress. The devil is still out to get us. We couldn't save ourselves, but JESUS did, so we need not fear but can rest assured that HE ultimately wins. And HIS Kingdom is forever.
HIS promises never change. HE never changes. Throughout history, this has been the Story. Wow. And this is why my favorite name of GOD is
I AM.
our helper HE amid the flood of mortal ills prevaling.
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing,
were not the right MAN on our side, the man of GOD's own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be? CHRIST JESUS, it is HE;
LORD SABAOTH, HIS Name, from age to age the same,
and HE must win the battle.
And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for GOD hath willed HIS Truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word shall fell him.
That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
the SPIRIT and the gifts are ours, thru HIM who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
the body they may kill; GOD's truth abideth still;
HIS Kingdom is forever.
- Martin Luther
We sang this in church today, and as I looked around at all the people singing, it hit me that this song has been sung for well over 400 years. And yet the truth of it has not changed. Our GOD is still a Mighty Fortress. The devil is still out to get us. We couldn't save ourselves, but JESUS did, so we need not fear but can rest assured that HE ultimately wins. And HIS Kingdom is forever.
HIS promises never change. HE never changes. Throughout history, this has been the Story. Wow. And this is why my favorite name of GOD is
I AM.
posted by melilotnfosco | 5:23 PM
2 Comments:
I've always liked this song, which is now stuck in my head. Still, its a good reminder to be repeating to myself all day.
This is one of my favorite hymns...although I could probably say that about half of our hymnal :-D.
What a great thought to have though. Those people who say the Bible is irrelevant to modern life don't realize the simple truth that since the fall of man, we are all selfish sinners in need of the Savior, not only from hell, but from the one who hates us. That truth was the same 6,000 years ago just as it is today. Our sermon yesterday was on Luke 12:13-21, the parable of the rich man. Our pastor pointed out that the brother was upset over how to split up the inheritance--how the executor of the estate was handling things. It could have been a argument from this morning, instead of 2000 years ago. Technology only changes the ways we can deal with the problems, but the problems pretty much remain the same.
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