There's a day that's drawing near When this darkness breaks to light

And the shadows disappear And my faith shall be my eyes

Jesus has overcome And the grave is overwhelmed

The victory is won He is risen from the dead

And I will rise when He calls my name No more sorrow, no more pain

I will rise on eagles' wings Before my God fall on my knees And rise I will rise

These are some lyrics from a song that we sang a lot at camp last week. I was just singing it a few minutes ago b/c it was stuck in my head, and I got to thinking about the words. How awesome is it to know as a follower of Christ that there is a day drawing near where our faith will be our eyes. We are one day going to see Jesus in the flesh, so to speak. Faith will be obsolete at that point because we won't need it! And then to realize that He has overcome one of the most "final" things in the human experience, death and that because He has overcome it, we have the Resurrection in our future. Death is not the end, we can even rejoice in death. It is b/c of those facts that I think we can sing that chorus with such ease, "I will rise, when he call my name." With a God that has overcome death and given us new life, how can we help but to rise when He calls to us. I want to challenge each of us to pray through this song, and really tell God what the song is saying.