India's Song

 It is a foreign land

I could not understand

    What they were saying

    What they were saying

I only know the noise

Was beautiful to You

    As they were praying

    As they were praying

In another place

In a distant space

Were my brothers and sisters in Christ

And you started to open my eyes

To Your Sovereign Power Over

All Your creation

As You orchestrate Your Children

Into their final destination

It is a wonderful land

With chaos every turn

of coming traffic

It seems the atmosphere was

Filled with smells of chai

and even magic

The food it was filled with spice

And the people were nothing but nice

They took us inside of their homes

Their hospitality knows

No limitation

No reservation

Each testimony I heard

pointed to the power of Christ

Each story was meant to convict me 

The Lord helped me realize

Some of these people

Were the first of their village

To hear of You

To accept You

And they patiently prayed

For their families

Over time they might see

them come to You

and bear fruit

They spoke of Your power and

Great things you've done

Healings and deliverance

That points to your Son

They said You are still at work today

They spoke of Your power in

a winsome way

Every word we shared planted 

a new seed

to reach the unreached is

their greatest need

We encouraged them to 

make disciples like Jesus 

said

The words of scripture came

alive with what we read

If each one

Could reach one more for Christ

Eventually rapidly

The church would be a light

that shines so bright

Against Hinduism and Islam

And other religions of bondage

Against all the world and satan

has kept them held hostage

There is a witchcraft spell

That keeps them under a curse

They worship the gods of 

destruction and much worse

Their idols line the streets

They go to the temple to worship

Those powers that keep them

in darkness

You know each lost person you

meet

Has no concept of what you mean

When you try to explain

our lostness

To them, the gospel has

never been shared

The name of Jesus 

they are not aware

But when you take the time

You'll find they may change

their mind

And make a decision

To follow Jesus

It may take many seeds

Before they are able

to listen

Because to them to follow

Jesus can be costly

I heard many stories of

believers beaten so grossly

or who lost their family

There were refugees whose

churches and houses were burned

I know in their hearts they

are longing for Jesus to return

They struck me to the core

As I wondered what's in store

for my country

As the tides are quickly turning 

Against Christianity

Not knowing that Christ alone

can set us free

eternally

I wonder if we've done enough

to disciple each other

I wonder when persecution comes

our way who will last

and who will go under

There will be a falling away

If you're reading this I'll

continue to pray

You'll abide in Jesus

every single day

We need deep roots 

If we're to last

And to the gospel 

we must hold fast

I asked our brothers and sisters to pray

That we would learn to pray

in the same power that they pray

knowing that trials would soon

come our way

As we grow more desperate for 

God to save

There's nothing like suffering

to keep us on our knees

To beg to the Father to

rescue us becomes our plea

In Hebrews 11 

We see giants of faith

some were spared of a gruesome fate

But some heroically 

died deaths of great tragedy

But it was only God they

wanted to please

And Jesus is with us

Each step we take

Whether through or burned

in the fire

Let our faith be proven great

It only takes the faith of

a mustard seed to move

the mountains Jesus said

This is my body broken for you as he gave the disciples bread

he said

If Jesus came to die

To purchase for us life

There is no greater sacrifice

To die is gain, to live is Christ

I do now know how God

has planned for me to die

I do know I submit to 

Him as a living sacrifice

And if it comes to martyrdom

I'll willingly pay the price

some have never counted the cost

When tribulation comes their

faith is lost

I want to be faithful to the end

Because Jesus has called me His friend

Jesus said if anyone would

come after me they must

deny themselves, take up their

cross daily and follow me

He never said it would always be easy

But he also said

Come to me all who are

weary and heavy laden

and I will give You rest.

My yoke is easy

My burden is light

He bore the yoke of sin

for us

He carries our burdens 

upon His might.

If Jesus died on the cross for us

To make Him proud we must

Not deny Him when the time comes

Stand strong, to Him we must run

Not that we earn our salvation

It is a gift from above

But when we show our devotion 

to Him it reflects our love

India stole my heart

And I don't know where to start

To share how my trip changed me

To grow in the faith I believe

The head bobbing and the 

chai breaks made me smile

The spicey beans and rise

grew tasty after a while

But it was their stories that gripped

my heart

Their testimonies now play

a part

Of who I am

Of my story

Of who I could become

Of who I'd like to be

I shared my testimony too

I shared a challenge that now

I will share with you

Tell all your family, tell all your friends

Tell all your neighbors, tell all you can

That Jesus is the only one 

who offers rest

That faith in Him will help 

you withstand any test 

This is my story

This is my song

Praising my savior 

All the day long

This is my story

This is my song

Praising my savior

All the day long