Preparing for Sunday

Song Highlight: For The Cause

Our hymn highlight this week is For The Cause.  As seen throughout the book of Acts, one of the major themes that kept popping up was the work of the Holy Spirit moving in the Church to save many through the triumphant proclamation of the Gospel to the ends of the Earth. The hymn, For The Cause, by Keith & Kristyn Getty, beautifully summarizes that call.     

The hymn calls us to Christ’s magnificent cause that we may be faithful in our bold proclamation of the Gospel so that many would put their faith in Christ and be saved. It is a call to proclaim good news of great joy that Christ has come and reconciled mankind to God through His great sacrifice on the cross. Through His death and resurrection, those imprisoned can be set free, those in turmoil can find peace, and those who are dead can be made alive. It is for this magnificent cause of the Gospel that we ought to say with hymn writer:     

“Let it be my life’s refrain:
To live is Christ, to die is gain,
empty myself, take my cross and follow the Son.”     

Our whole life is called to this cause of Christ. Christ came to redeem us and save us when we were dead in our sins. Because of this, we go and proclaim His name so that many may hear, trust, believe, and be saved as well. Christ’s Church is called to this work until he comes again in glory. So until He comes again, we go for our King.