Third Sunday Meditation: Oh, Worship The King

"Bless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord, my God, You are very great!

You are clothed with honor and majesty!

You are the One who covers Yourself 

with light as with a garment,

Who stretches out the heavens 

 like a curtain or a tent,

Who lays the beams of the upper 

room of His abode in the waters

above the firmament, Who makes the

clouds His chariot, Who walks on

the wings of the wind.

Who makes the winds His messengers,

flames of fire His ministers

You laid the foundations of the earth,

that it should not be moved forever."

Psalm 104:1-5

Sacred Space

Greg Olsen

Oh, worship the King, all glorious above!

Oh, gratefully sing His pow'r and His love!

Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,

Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.

Oh tell of His might, oh, sing of His grace!

Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space!

His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,

And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.

Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?

It breathes in the air, it shines in the light,

It streams from the hills, it descends to the plains,

And sweetly distills in the dew and the rains.

Sunrise over the Old City 

Jerusalem, Israel

Love Divine, all love excelling,

Joy of heav'n to earth come down;

Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,

All Thy faithful mercies crown;

Thou, O Lord, art all compassion,

Pure, unbounded Love Thou art,

Visit us with Thy salvation,

Enter ev'ry trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe, Thy loving Spirit,

Into ev'ry troubled breast;

Let us all in Thee inherit,

Let us find the promised rest.

Take away the love of sinning,

Alpha and Omega be;

End of faith, as its beginning,

Set our hearts at liberty.

Come Almighty to deliver,

Let us all Thy life receive;

Suddenly return, and never

Nevermore Thy temples leave.

Thee we would be always blessing,

Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,

pray, and praise Thee without ceasing,

Glory in Thy perfect love.

Sunset over the Old City from the Mt. of Olives

Jerusalem, Israel

"O Worship The King"

Words by Robert Grant

Music attributed to Franz Joseph Haydn

"Love Divine, All Excelling"

Words by Charles Wesley

Music Beecher, John Zundel