Learning From A Songwriter
Charles Wesley was familiar with the rhythms of Christian worship, especially as laid out by the Book of Common Prayer, the 1662 revision, which appoints orders for morning and evening prayer.
Early in his hymn-writing career (1740), he composed “Christ, whose glory fills the skies”.
He wrote — Visit then this soul of mine, pierce the gloom of sin and grief; fill me, radiancy divine, scatter all my unbelief; more and more Thyself display, shining to the perfect day.
Charles Wesley was looking for Christ who fills the sky to pierce our sin, to fill us, and to scatter our unbelief as he set the sun for the perfect day.
Today, the letter to David provides the backstory of how the death burial and resurrection of Jesus helped us to scatter our unbelief. This is a message of power in the City of God!
Psalm 37:29-31 says – the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever. The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just. The law of their God is in their hearts; their feet do not slip. [NIV]
