Monday Meditation: Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

 

"Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you
 who wait for and hope for and expect the Lord!
(Psalm 31:24)

Clouds Of Glory

Greg Sargent

Image courtesy/Havenlight.com

Come Thou long expected Jesus,

Born to set Thy people free;

From our fears and sins release us;

Let us find our rest in Thee.

Israel's strength and consolation,

Hope of all the earth Thou art;

Dear desire of every nation,

Joy of every longing heart.

Born Thy people to deliver,

Born a child and yet a King,

Born to reign in us forever,

Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.

By Thine own eternal spirit

Rule in all our hearts alone;

By Thine all sufficient merit,

Raise us to Thy glorious throne.

"Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus"
(1744)
Charles Wesley
(1707-1788)
English leader of the Methodist Movement
Prolific hymnwriter who wrote over
6,500 hymns in his lifetime.

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

Chris Tomlin

(2009)