Christ in You Part 2

The other day I was listening to the radio and heard a song by Casting Crowns called “Does anybody hear her?” It goes like this…

She is running
A hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction
She is trying
But the canyon’s ever widening
In the depths of her cold heart
So she sets out on another misadventure just to find
She’s another two years older
And she’s three more steps behind

Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
Or does anybody even know she’s going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that’s tucked away in you and me
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?

She is yearning
For shelter and affection
That she never found at home
She is searching
For a hero to ride in
To ride in and save the day
And in walks her prince charming
And he knows just what to say
Momentary lapse of reason
And she gives herself away

Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
Or does anybody even know she’s going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that’s tucked away in you and me

Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
If judgment looms under every steeple
If lofty glances from lofty people
Can’t see past her scarlet letter
And we’ve never even met her

That line “searching for the hope that’s tucked away in you and me” really stuck out to me when I heard the song. There are so many lost and lonely people out there searching for something, they don’t know what it is, but we know, it’s the hope that is in us, and that hope within us has a name, His name is Jesus.

Colossians 1:25-27 (CEV)
I (Paul) became a servant of the church because God gave me a special work to do that helps you. My work is to tell fully the teaching of God. This teaching is the secret truth that was hidden since the beginning of time. It was hidden from everyone, but now it is made known to God’s holy people. God decided to let his people know this rich and glorious secret which he has for all people. This secret is Christ himself, who is in you. He is our only hope for glory.

Just as Paul did, since we are God’s holy people it is our job to make known to those who don’t know, the rich and glorious secret which God has for all people, the secret which lies within us...Christ, the anointed one. It is Jesus that restored each one of us, it is Jesus that took us from thieves, to business men, it is Jesus that took us from addicts to teachers, and it is Jesus that took us from prostitutes to lawyers. Jesus…Jesus…Jesus, the one who came and gave His life so we would be saved, righteous, healed, prosperous, etc. As children of God it is our job to share that with others, we can not turn in to the Pharisees we can no longer be like the people in the last verse of the song… “If judgment looms under every steeple, if lofty glances from lofty people, can’t see past her scarlet letter, and we’ve never even met her.” Who are we to judge anyone? It’s time for us to look past people’s outsides and see what God has placed on the inside of them, and help them to get what is locked within them, out of them.

People of God we have this precious gift inside of us, Christ himself, its time to begin to share that gift with others. The Bible says “freely you have received, freely give” (Matthew 10:8), here Jesus was talking to the disciples about what He had placed on the inside of them to do for others, and they were freely to give it. We are to do the same, He has placed Himself on the inside of us so we are to freely give Him to others. The world is crying out people of God…does anybody hear her…Can anybody see?

I pray this has blessed you.

Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org