The Sunrise
Maybe it’s a little early in our ordeal to turn to this song, but without a sense of hope…of anticipation…things can get really rough. I’m not there, but man is it nice to see the sun. There is something hopeful about the morning. Something invigorating about seeing the sun rise against the darkness and with it comes warmth and light and joy.
Psalm 30:5b: Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Unlike a typical day where we can check our Weather Channel app and find the precise time of the sunrise - we don’t know when the darkness of the pandemic is going to lift. The night of the virus may be long, but the anticipation is of the joy that will come with the morning. And we can rest in this - morning will come. We are all waiting for the change. We are waiting for this storm to blow through…this storm that can be frightening and very unpredictable and unknown.
And on a larger scale, we are waiting for the day of Christ to come. Anticipating the groaning that we feel to be fulfilled when the sons of God will be revealed (see Romans 8). The day when there is no more darkness. The day when there is no more pain or sickness. Lord, hasten that day.
I've been waiting for the sun
To come blazing up out of the night like a bullet from a gun
Till every shadow is scattered, every dragon's on the run
Oh, I believe, I believe that the light is gonna come
And this is the dark, this is the dark before the dawn
I've been waiting for some peace
To come raining down out of the heavens on these war-torn fields
All creation is aching for the sons of God to be revealed
Oh, I believe, I believe that the victory is sealed
The serpent struck but it was crushed beneath His heel
Oh, I know the wind can bring the lightning
Oh, I know the lightning brings the rain
Oh, I know the storm can be so frightening
But that same wind is gonna blow that storm away
Blow that storm away
Lord, I'm waiting for a change
I'm waiting for Your change
So I'm waiting for the King
To come galloping out of the clouds while the angel armies sing
He's gonna gather His people in the shadow of His wings
And I'm gonna raise my voice with the song of the redeemed
'Cause all this darkness is a small and passing thing
This is the storm, this is the storm
The storm before the calm
This is the pain, the pain before the balm
This is the cold, the cold
It's the cold before the warm
These are the tears, the tears before the song
This is the dark
Sometimes all I see is this darkness
Well, can't you feel the darkness
This is the dark before the dawn
I'm just waiting for a change
Change
Lord, I'm waiting for the change
I had a dream that I was waking
At the burning edge of dawn
And I could see the fields of glory
I could hear the sower's song
I had a dream that I was waking
At the burning edge of dawn
And all that rain had washed me clean
All the sorrow was gone
I had a dream that I was waking
At the burning edge of dawn
And I could finally believe
The king had loved me all along
I had a dream that I was waking
At the burning edge of dawn
I saw the sower in the silver mist
And He was calling me home