it is time

This trifle of a song came to me during service today as we were praying - i'm not too proud of the tune as it sounds like an old pop song (hehe - nothing against pop songs unless they contain suggestive lyrics...), and it's very raw. Yet there was an urgency about what i was singing, helped by the unique rhythm of the drums and music the band was playing.

i believe the words were inspired (mostly anyway) by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke to me...an answer to our earlier prayers just that morning (but birthed out of my concerns over the past few months) regarding the church leadership and ministries. My husband and I were praying for the church using the Epistle to the Ephesians (which contained Paul's concerns and desire for the church(es) in Ephesus:

1:16-23 -> knowing and understanding our calling, how God sees us, and what God has given us through Jesus;

3:14-20 -> being established and strengthened in and by the love of Christ, and knowing that His plans and purposes far exceed our expectations

4:7-16 -> how the church is given gifts and callings so the members can be equipped to help one another, and to preach the good news

The lyrics are as follows:

It is time to move up higher
It is time to seek His Face
It is time to reflect His Glory
It is time to follow His Ways

It is time to rise up in Him
It is time to praise His Name
It is time to read and know His Word
It is time to proclaim His fame

It is time. Is the church ready to move?? Does the church even want to move?

It is His desire to have the church complete and mature in Him, and to do the work of the ministry which is the ministry of reconciliation of man to GOD.

It is my desire to see the church move.