Hiding Place

(Intro)
(John Piper, Put On Christ, Romans 13:11–14, 08/14/2005)

"So he says to them, " You know the time. We've told you about this. But it's not gonna catch you off gaurd. It's only a thief in the night to the night dwellers..""

Dust to earth soon all will be faded
Lust to birth was I a mistake then
Love was perturbed not sure how I made it
For these bars, I am spitting my sorrows I've traded

Inglorious hunger for His glory I'm craving
But Grace so amazing that it is still saving
Learn it can't be earned do hear what I'm saying
Give your life up to Christ that's the true way to praise Him

To truly know your Name is too long to seek your face
And count it all as gain as I receive your grace
Cuz in the stillness of your warm embrace
Is where I come to find You’re my hiding place

O Come to the altar and be fully atoned
In Christ alone are we truly love & known
In the stillness of prayer, all fear and guilt be gone
In the Name of the Lord, you’ll always have a home

Years fly by and I'm only getting older
Three times the rate the world only grows colder
If beauty isn't found in the eye of beholders
Blind if you don't see it’s in the hands of the molder

I'm about to tweet this but you ain't gotta read it
Why you tryna throw hands man I'm just tryna jam
I know I'm unworthy but I'm found in His mercy
Know no bounds you pursed me, in you I find the true me

Opioid Epidemic be racking up kills
Mumble rappers on drugs but that ain't really chill
These Kids be popping pills, but they ain't really ill
Don’t know how to feel when you don't know God’s will

Guide them back to the shepherd is worth the good fight
Any other answer would be only finite
Pushed to the limits but refusing to quit
Even when I have questions that are infinite

Can't find the answers at the bottom of that bottle
Need to clear my head got more thoughts than a brothel
Dunno Greek alphabet but got more letters than apostles
You could heal the deaf and raise the dead with the Gospel

I can do all things when strapped with Manolo
Seed-sized faith making moves so colossal

Say it like he said it already said a mouthful
Receive your daily bread bro it's fresher than waffles
Mindset on the flesh breeds a spirit that is hostile
To the Holy Spirit only through which we’re lawful

My debt was paid on the cross that's a better deal than Costco
Got me speaking tongues just like a Pentecostal
You only live eternal now that’s a better motto
Christ alone is my hope for today and tomorrow

Flip to the script in order to stay sane
Predestined as adopted children He claims
Seek what's right and find refuge in His name
His Grace is not earned but it covers all shame

Christ in my heart so in faith I'll explain
His Wrath meant for us, our sinful nature to blame
To die and resurrect is the reason he came
To teach us How to love so really he deserves the fame

Jesus yesterday today forever the same
My worship only grows more seasoned with pain
Flesh may be lame but faith keeps me in the game
I count it all as loss and to die is to gain

That I may sin no more, His Life I'll testify
Grip the blade of the sword, Slay the father of lies
Only in His word am I Identified
Set apart, pure in Christ I am sanctified

Deflected with the shield the darts of liars
Tryna mess with these bars? get rekt by fire
Protecting my heart from fleshly desires
He's perfecting my faith cuz His ways our Higher

His Word is power, love, God-breathed and inspired
Was God and with God and was in the Prior
Brings rest to the weak and those who are tired
I'm preaching to the world, myself and the choir

(outro)
(John Piper, Put On Christ, Romans 13:11–14, 08/14/2005)
"Oh God, Grant I pray that as we pnder the time of which we live, the darkness is passing away. The true light is already shining! we are children of the light! Though they slay us, we will live!
Oh God grant I pray that we will be released.....in the Name..."