If you could turn in your Bibles to Joshua. I haven't got a page number.
I always encourage people to have a Bible.
And today we, I don't want to say especially need a Bible, we always need a Bible,
but we're going to be looking at a lot today.
We're going to be covering a thousand years, at least, and about six books.
So that's why you need a Bible to be able to follow along as we look at God's big story.
So a thousand years in 30 minutes, thereabouts.
Well, let's pray and ask for God's help.
As we look at his word together.
Our Father God, we thank you for your word, the Bible.
We thank you for the way in which it has been preserved over many hundreds and thousands of years for us today.
Your word written down in our language.
So that we today can hear the voice of God speaking to us.
Father, we ask for the help of your Holy Spirit that we may understand better the big story of God.
And what it teaches us about you.
And what it says to us about us.
And that we would be people who are shaped by this story.
And who learn what it is to live as your subjects.
People who follow the King of Kings.
We ask for your help this morning in Jesus' name.
Amen.
Well, to us, it's just another death notice that you would read in the local newspaper.
But for the people of Israel, it was absolutely devastating.
Look at Joshua chapter 1, verse 1.
See what it says?
After the death of Moses.
Now we only need to read his obituary to see what a loss Moses was to the people.
Just look back one page to the very end of Deuteronomy, the book before.
Deuteronomy 34, verse 10.
Here's what appeared in the Israelite daily news the day Moses died, if you like.
Verse 10.
Since then no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
who did all those miraculous signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do in Egypt,
to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land.
For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
So this great leader who had led the people for over 40 years,
bringing them out of slavery from Egypt into a new place,
their leader Moses is now dead.
So what are God's people going to do?
Who's going to lead them now?
Who's going to be the one to speak God's word to them?
Who's going to step in when they fail and fall?
Well, Moses may die,
but God in his love continues to rule over his people through the person he has chosen.
So let's read Joshua chapter 1, verses 1 to 3.
It's like a new big section in the story.
Moses has died.
Enter Joshua.
Verse 1.
After the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord,
the Lord said to Joshua, son of Nun,
Moses' assistant,
Moses, my servant, is dead.
Now then, you and all these people get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give them to the Israelites.
I will give you every place where you set your foot as I promised Moses.
So leaders may die,
but God in his love continues to provide his people.
And look what happens when God's leaders and his rule is followed.
If you go to the very end of Joshua, chapter 23, verse 14.
The very end of the book.
So Moses has died.
Joshua has raised up.
And God's promises continue.
So look what it says, chapter 23, verse 14.
Now I am about to go to the way of all the earth.
In other words, I am about to die.
You know with all your heart and soul
that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed.
Every promise has been fulfilled.
Not one has failed.
You see, when God's rule is in place,
when his chosen leader is in place,
there is great blessing.
God's rule is always best and always right for his people.
But, when his rule is absent or ignored,
it is disastrous.
Have a look in the next book, Judges, chapter 2, verse 8.
Joshua, or Judges, chapter 2, verse 8.
Joshua, son of Nun, the servant of the Lord,
but he died at the age of 110.
So, another leader has died,
and we're asking the same question again.
Now what are the people going to do?
Well, look down at verse 10.
After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers,
another generation grew up,
who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.
Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord
and served the Baals.
They forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers,
who had brought them out of Egypt.
They followed and worshipped various gods of the peoples around them.
They provoked the Lord to anger,
because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
In his anger against Israel,
the Lord handed them over to raiders who plundered them.
He sold them to their enemies all around,
whom they were no longer able to resist.
Whenever Israel went out to fight,
the hand of the Lord was against them to defeat them,
just as he had sworn to them.
They were in great distress.
Do you see what happens when God's loving rule is ignored and rejected?
When there's no leader in place,
it's just chaos and disorder.
But as we know with the story that we've been looking at so far,
God always continues to provide for his people.
And he continues to restore when things have been broken.
So look down at verse 16 of chapter 2.
Then the Lord raised up judges.
So here come new leaders,
new people,
who saved them out of the hands of the raiders.
Verse 18.
Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for them,
he was with the judge,
and he saved them out of the hands of their enemies
as long as the judge lived.
For the Lord had compassion on them as they groaned under those who oppressed and afflicted them.
But when the judge died,
the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their fathers,
following other gods and serving and worshipping them.
They refused to give up their evil practices and their stubborn ways.
You see,
without a leader,
without the rule of God,
the people rebel.
In fact,
the book of Judges ends in absolute anarchy.
Have a look at chapter 21,
verse 25,
right at the very end of the book of Judges.
Chapter 21,
verse 25.
When God's loving rule is rejected,
it just brings chaos and disorder,
and it ends in absolute anarchy.
Chapter 21,
verse 25.
In those days,
Israel had no king.
Everyone did as he saw fit.
It's a terrible end
to what has been going on.
Now,
I know some people are studying for their leaving cert.
When I did my leaving cert a few years ago,
on the English syllabus was William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
I don't know if any of you have ever read it.
It's a fictional story
about a group of well-educated English schoolboys
who get marooned on an island,
on this desert island,
a tropical island.
They're without adult supervision.
There's no leadership.
And very quickly,
disorder and chaos begin to reign.
The children,
who are all young teenagers,
all begin to bully each other.
They start fighting with each other,
and they form rival groups.
One of the children
stands out amongst all the rest.
He's given a nickname,
Piggy.
And he kept insisting to everybody else,
we need rules.
And here's what he says.
We've got to have rules and obey them.
After all,
we're not savages.
Which is better,
to have rules and agree,
or go hunting and smashing and breaking things up?
Well,
he got his answer.
Not long after his desire for rules,
Piggy is violently killed by the other children.
You see,
it's a social comment of what happens
when you remove authority from society.
Anarchy.
All hell breaks loose.
And this is what we see around us
every single day.
Everyone,
just as it was at the end of Judges,
everyone does as they see fit.
The only rules are,
there are no rules.
Whether it's the gang lords in Dublin streets,
or our breaking of the speed limit.
Whether it's people's desire to change the Eighth Amendment,
or refusing to pay our water tax.
We don't want to be told what to do.
We want to live as we please.
And all of this is a reflection
of a much deeper and more serious issue.
It's a rejection of God's loving rule.
You see,
life for the nation of Israel
has spiraled into complete disorder.
From the time of Moses,
as they'd come out into the promised land,
or towards it,
things were going well.
But as soon as they start rejecting leadership,
as they start pushing God out the way,
everything descends into chaos.
So they turn
to one of the last remaining priests,
whose name is Samuel.
Have a look at 1 Samuel,
chapter 8.
So it's a few pages on from Joshua.
You go from Joshua to Ruth,
and then into 1 Samuel,
chapter 8.
1 Samuel, chapter 8,
verse 4.
So all the elders of Israel gathered together,
and they came to Samuel at Ramah.
They said to him,
Samuel, you're old,
and your sons do not walk in your ways.
Now appoint a king to lead us,
such as all the other nations have.
Now it seems very honourable,
doesn't it?
Give us a king.
Maybe they want to get their act together
and start living in a right way.
Well, let's read on.
Verse 6.
But when they said,
give us a king to lead us,
this displeased Samuel.
So he prayed to the Lord,
and the Lord told him,
listen to all that the people are saying to you.
It is not you they have rejected,
but they have rejected me as their king.
As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day,
forsaking me and serving other gods,
so they are doing to you.
You see, the request appears to be good.
But deep down,
it's just another attempt to get rid of God's rule and authority.
Do you see what the people are asking for?
Look back at the end of verse 5.
They say,
we want a king to lead us,
such as all the other nations have.
You see,
we don't want to be God's people anymore.
We want to be like all the other nations.
We want to have a king of our choice.
A king who will do what we tell him to do.
We want to do things our way.
Verse 9.
God responds to them.
Now listen to them.
But warn them solemnly,
and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do.
It will be brutal
if they get the king of their choice.
It will be like them going back into Egypt all over again.
We're told what the king would be like.
Verse 17.
Talking about taxes.
He will take a tenth of your flocks,
and yourselves will become his slaves.
When that day comes,
you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen,
and the Lord will not answer you in that day.
But the people refused to listen to Samuel.
No, they said.
We want a king over us.
Then we should be like all the other nations,
with a king to lead us and go out before us
and fight our battles.
Their persistence to get rid of God
is frighteningly similar to today.
Why is it that nations around the world,
nations like North Korea,
Iraq, or Eritrea,
if you read the magazine I referred to earlier,
why have they made it illegal
to worship and to meet as we are right now?
Why is our media open to every kind of worldview,
but silences a biblical view?
Why do our universities and colleges
champion tolerance,
but encourage intolerance towards Christians?
Well, I don't think it's any difference
to what is going on in chapter 8 here,
because we want to be like everyone else.
We don't want God as king.
We want to live as we want
and do as we please
and make rules that we like
and live as ever we want.
Look at verse 21.
When Samuel heard all that the people said,
he repeated it before the Lord.
And the Lord answered,
listen to them
and give them a king.
You see, sometimes God in his judgment
gives us what we keep asking for.
You want a king?
You want to live life without me?
Well, here's your king.
And you can live under your own rules.
And it brought further chaos
and disorder and destruction.
You see, if we persist long enough
in wanting to live life our own way,
we get what we deserve.
And I think as we look across
even our own nation,
across the nations of the world,
why are there in so much turmoil?
Why are nations fighting against others?
Why is there terrorism?
Why is there brokenness?
Because God gives us what we ask for.
A world where there is no king.
Rather a king of our own choice.
A king that we want.
Well, as the story goes on,
they get the king as God had promised.
It was King Saul.
He was a brutal king
who treated them harshly.
But even though
God has been rejected by the people,
God's authority over the people remains.
So look what God has to say about it
in chapter 13, verse 13.
1 Samuel chapter 13.
So God is speaking to Saul
through Samuel.
Saul is the one who's the king.
But he has something to say to him.
Verse 13.
You acted foolishly,
Samuel said.
You have not kept the command
the Lord your God gave you.
If you had,
he would have established
your kingdom over Israel
for all time.
But now your kingdom
will not endure.
The Lord has sought out a man
after his own heart
and appointed him leader of his people
because you have not kept
the Lord's command.
Do you see this ongoing theme
that we've come across
time after time?
God loves his people.
He's jealous for his people.
He will not give up on the world
that he has created.
So God promises.
He says,
I'm going to step in once again
and I'm going to provide for you
a king of my choice.
A king who has a heart like God.
A king who's going to restore order.
A king who's going to bring blessing.
And that's what we find
that happens.
God installs his own king.
Have a look at 1 Samuel chapter 16
and verse 1.
The Lord said to Samuel,
How long will you mourn for Saul
since I have rejected him
as king over Israel?
Fill your horn with oil
and be on your way.
I'm sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem.
I have chosen one of his sons
to be king.
So Jesse, the father,
goes and gets all his sons together
except for one,
if you remember the story,
and brings them before Samuel.
Look at verse 7.
But the Lord said to Samuel,
Do not consider his appearance
or his height,
for I have rejected him.
The Lord does not look at the things
man looks at.
Man looks at the outward appearance.
But the Lord looks at the heart.
And so all these brothers,
strong and as rugged
and as brilliant as they are,
they're all rejected.
And one is chosen.
David.
Verse 13.
So Samuel took the horn of oil
and anointed him,
that's David,
in the presence of his brothers.
And from that day on,
the Spirit of the Lord
came upon David in power.
Samuel then went to Ramah.
You see,
this is how God works.
He provides the king
of his choice.
He had called Moses.
He had called Joshua.
He had raised up judges
to rescue and deliver.
And now he brings his own king,
David,
and puts him in place.
And when David became king,
well, life under King David
was great.
It was a time of peace
and prosperity.
The people were living
under God's loving rule.
They had rest
from all their enemies.
Things were the way
they were meant to be.
It was almost as if
they were back
in the Garden of Eden
all over again.
Living under God's rule.
In relationship with God.
Enjoying rest
and prosperity.
But what God was going
to do through David
was only a taste
of something greater to come.
For God would make a promise
to David.
Go on to 2 Samuel chapter 7.
2 Samuel chapter 7.
And here God makes
this amazing promise
to King David.
We'll pick it up
in verse 11.
Halfway through verse 11.
The Lord declares to you
that the Lord himself
will establish a house for you.
Not a physical building
made of bricks
and mortar and wood
but a dynasty.
A family.
The Lord himself
will establish a house for you.
When your days are over
and you rest with your fathers
I will raise up
your offspring
to succeed you.
He will come
from your own body
and I will establish
his kingdom.
He is the one
who will build a house
for my name
and I will establish
the throne of his kingdom
forever.
I will be his father
and he shall be my son.
When he does wrong
I will punish him
with the rod of men
with floggings
inflicted by men.
But my love
will never be taken
away from him
as I took it away
from Saul
whom I removed
from before you.
Your house
and your kingdom
shall endure
forever before me.
Your throne
shall be established
forever.
You see
it's the promise
of another king
to come.
But this king
is going to be
different
to every other
kind of king
that there's been.
First
he's going to be
a king
like God.
He's going to be
a king
like God.
Look back at
verse 14.
He says,
I will be his father
and he shall be
my son.
Now years ago
going back a long
long way
sons usually did
what their fathers did.
So if your father
happened to be
a blacksmith
well there was a good
chance that your son
would become a blacksmith
or if he was a baker
he would become
a baker.
sons did
what their fathers
did.
And that's the idea
that we have
in verse 14.
The son
is going to do
what the father
does.
In other words
God is saying
a king is going
to come
who will be
just like
me.
Just as God
rules over his
people
so this
son who
comes
will rule
just like
God.
He will act
justly and
fairly.
He will be a
king with
absolute power
and supreme
authority.
So this promise
is going to be
a king like
God.
Second
this is a
king
who will
endure
forever.
Look at
verse 16.
He says
to David
your house
your kingdom
shall endure
forever before
me.
Your throne
shall be
established
forever.
Now if we
know anything
about this
we read this
and we go
David that his
kingdom is going
to reign
forever and
ever.
Well we only
need to read
on a little
bit longer
and we
realize that
David dies.
So how can
this go on
forever and
ever?
Well the only
way it can go
on forever and
ever
is for a
king who
would come
who would
live forever
and ever.
A king
without end.
A king
who is
eternal
and whose
rule never
comes to
an end.
And for
us reading
it it seems
impossible that
that could
happen.
But on the
basis of
everything that
God has
promised and
fulfilled so
far in the
story we
would be silly
to discount
it.
So there's
going to come
a king like
God.
A king who
will rule
forever.
And a
king who's
going to
bring blessing.
If you
flick on to
verse 28
look at how
David responds
to what God
promises.
In verse 28
David says
this,
O sovereign
Lord you
are God.
Your words
are trustworthy
and you
have promised
these things
these good
things to
your servant.
Now be
pleased to
bless the
house of
your servant
that it
may continue
forever in
your sight.
For you
O sovereign
Lord have
spoken and
with your
blessing the
house of
your servant
will be
blessed
forever.
So this
king like
God who's
going to
rule forever
is going to
bring eternal
blessing.
So instead of
the curse of
death there's
going to be
the blessing
of life.
Instead of
disorder and
chaos there's
going to be
beauty and
harmony.
Everything is
going to be
put right again
when this
king comes.
But there's
something else
about this
king that
strikes us as
very very
disturbing.
You might
have picked
it up if
you go back
to verse
14.
Read carefully
what verse
14 says.
I will be
his father
and he
shall be
my son.
When he
does wrong
I will
punish him
with the
rod of
men
with floggings
inflicted
by men.
the father
will punish
his son
who is
a king.
Now it
seems completely
out of place
doesn't it?
How could a
king like
God who
rules forever
and brings
eternal blessing
be punished?
Why would
the father
do that?
And what
would the son
do that was
so wrong
that he
deserves
punishment?
Well as
we follow
through the
story in
search of
this promise
God does
raise up
new kings
to take
the place
of David
and all
seems to
be going
well.
The kingdom
gets bigger
and stronger.
The blessings
keep coming.
Everything is
right and
good but
within two
generations
everything is
once again
falling apart.
The great
big kingdom
gets divided
in two
as the
families begin
to fight
against each
other.
We have
Israel to
the north
and Judah
to the south
and each
kingdom
have their
own kings
but the
vast majority
of these
kings turn
against God
and they
reject his
loving rule
and instead
of leading
the people
back to God
they lead
them into
further rebellion
and God
is watching
out throughout
these years
and he
continues to
intervene.
He raises
up good
kings to
restore order
but he
keeps repeating
this warning
to them.
He says
if you
persist
I will
bring my
judgment.
If you
keep turning
against me
my judgment
will come.
And over
a period
of 400
years
of God
patiently
waiting for
the people
to turn
from their
ways
God
eventually
brings
his
judgment.
Israel
as the
northern
kingdom
is
completely
destroyed
by
Assyria
and 150
years later
Judah
is taken
over by
the Babylonian
kingdom
and they
end up
in exile.
It's like
God's people
are slaves
back in
Egypt
all over
again.
They've gone
full cycle
having been
kicked out
of the
Garden
of Eden
where they
ended up
in Egypt
and now
they're back
in as
slaves again
under a
foreign
strange
ruler.
God
may reject
the kings
and God
may bring
his judgment
on his
people
but God
does not
forget the
promises
he has
made.
You see
as people
persist
in rejecting
his loving
rule
so God
persists
in rescuing
rebellious
people
and bringing
about the
king
and the
kingdom
that he
has promised.
So just
as God
had promised
David
that he
would raise
up a king
who would
reign forever
that king
arrives.
Have a look
at Luke's
gospel
chapter 1
in the
New Testament.
Luke
chapter 1
verse 31.
So from
the time
of God's
people going
into exile
into
Babylon
there was
never a
king who
came again.
They are
kingless
without a
leader
without a
ruler to
take care
of the
nation
and so
the people
have been
waiting for
God's
promise
to be
fulfilled
and in
Luke
chapter 1
verse 31
or verse
30 we
read these
words.
The angel
said to her
do not
be afraid
Mary
you have
found
favour
that is
grace
has come
upon you
and you
will be
with child
and give
birth to a
son and
you are to
give him
the name
Jesus.
But look
how different
this child
will be.
He will
be great
and will
be called
the son
of the
most high.
This is
God's
son.
And the
Lord God
will give
him the
throne of
his father
David and
he will
reign over
the house
of Jacob
forever.
His
kingdom
will never
end.
God
so a
king like
God
comes
an
eternal
king
a
king
who
brings
blessing
as he
offers
forgiveness
to people
and
restoration
of their
lives
as they
repent
of their
sins
a
king
who
brings
peace
and
brings
order
out of
the
disorder
as he
calms
the rough
seas
as he
provides
for those
who have
nothing
as he
heals
the sick
and he
raises
the dead
he brings
about
the
kingdom
that
people
have
been
searching
for
and
looking
for
and
everything
is
beginning
to be
put
right
you see
Jesus
Christ
is
God's
chosen
king
not
just
for
Israel
but
for
the
nations
for
the
world
and
as
he
comes
with
all
power
and
all
authority
he
demands
that
people
listen
to
him
that
people
obey
him
that
people
follow
him
and
submit
to
his
authority
he
can
claim
and
say
listen
to
me
and
follow
me
but
just
as
Israel
rejected
God's
loving
rule
so
we
along
with
everybody
else
have
rejected
God's
loving
son
like
the
crowds
at the
cross
where
Jesus
hung
we
have
we
have
we
have
we
have
we
have
we
have
joined
in
the
cry
crucify
him
crucify
him
we
have
made
a
mockery
of
him
and
we
put
a
crown
of
thorns
on
his
head
and
go
some
king
you
are
why
because
we
want
to
live
as
we
please
because
we
don't
want
anyone
telling
us
how
to
live
look
at the
final
scene
of
Jesus
death
on
the
cross
Luke
chapter
23
Luke
chapter
23
God's
king
has
come
God's
loving
king
who
had
done
all
that
God
would
promise
reaching
out
to
the
broken
healing
restoring
forgiving
renewing
but
yet
he
hangs
on
a
cross
verse
35
of
chapter
23
the
people
stood
watching
and
the
rulers
even
sneered
at
him
they
said
he
saved
others
let
him
save
himself
as
he
is
Christ
of
God
the
chosen
one
verse
39
one
of
the
criminals
who
hung
there
hurled
their
insults
at
him
aren't
you
the
Christ
well
then
save
yourself
and
us
but
the
other
criminal
rebuked
him
don't
you
fear
God
he
said
since
you
are
under
the
same
sentence
we
are
punished
justly
for
we
are
getting
what
our
deeds
deserve
but
this
man
has
done
nothing
wrong
remember
what God
had promised
to David
that the
father would
punish
his son
with the
rod of
men
with the
floggings
inflicted
by men
but not
because he
had done
anything
wrong
he
was
innocent
but he
died
in our
place
because
we
had
done
wrong
this
king
comes
and
serves
you
and I
by
giving
of his
life
for
us
the
loving
king
takes
the
blame
for
our
rebellion
and
our
rejection
verse
42
then
he
said
Jesus
remember
me
when
you
come
into
your
kingdom
and
Jesus
answered
him
I
tell
you
the
truth
today
you
will
be
with
me
in
paradise
you
see
this
king
who
has
died
three
days
later
would
rise
again
from
the
grave
defeating
death
destroying
Satan
reigning
to live
forever
and
forever
and he
rules
today
with
absolute
power
and
supreme
authority
seated
on his
throne
above
all
else
and
one
day
this
king
is
going
to
come
again
king
Jesus
will
burst
into
this
world
and
he
will
bring
his
judgment
on
all
those
who
refuse
him
and
that
separation
will
not
just
be
slavery
in
a
country
but
it
will
be
slavery
for
eternity
in
hell
itself
but
if
we
turn
and
we
trust
in
this
king
just
as
the
criminal
did
those
words
are
true
for
us
you
will
be
with
me
in
paradise
forever
you
will
be
part
of
God's
eternal
kingdom
where
everything
is put
right
where
there
is
no
more
death
no
more
suffering
no
more
pain
the
home
of
blessing
the
garden
of
Eden
just
as
it's
meant
to
be
and
so
we
stay
here
today
because
God
has
us
in
place
if
you
flick
over
to
Luke
chapter
24
he
tells
his
disciples
in
verse
48
sorry
verse
46
Jesus
said
to
his
disciples
this
is
what
is
written
that
Christ
will
suffer
and
rise
from
the
dead
on
the
third
day
and
repentance
and
forgiveness
of
sins
will
be
preached
in
his
name
to
all
nations
beginning
at
Jerusalem
and
you
are
witnesses
of
these
things
and
I
am
going
to
send
you
what
my
father
has
promised
but
stay
in
the
city
until
you
have
been
clothed
with
power
from
on
high
so
just
as
those
disciples
were
sent
by
the
risen
King
Jesus
to
go
and
declare
the
message
of
the
King
so
we
are
here
today
as
the
subjects
of
the
King
sent
with
that
same
message
into
our
community
to
our
nation
to
the
nations
of
the
world
calling
on
people
to
repent
to
be
forgiven
that
they
too
might
enter
into
God's
eternal
kingdom
one
day
King
Jesus
will
return
are
we
ready
to
meet
him
but
more
importantly
maybe
we
should
be
asking
are
we
ready
to
bring
that
message
so
that
our
friends
our
family
our
community
is
ready
to
meet
the
King
let's
pray
together
father
while we
have
traveled
through
a
thousand
years
and
more
of
history
through
it
all
and
even
now
you
remain
King
and
Lord
over
all
you
are
in
charge
and
so
we
bow
and
we
submit
before
you
today
we
thank
you
that
you
have
given
to
us
the
perfect
King
the
one
who
has
died
in
our
place
risen
again
with
all
power
and
authority
sending
us
as
subjects
into
the
world
to
do
the
King's
work
of
reaching
out
into
the
nations
we
pray
father
for
the
power
of
your
Holy
Spirit
that
we
might
have
courage
to
speak
confidence
to
share
and a
willingness
to get
out of
our
comfort
zone
and
declare
the
message
of
King
Jesus
we
pray
that
many
people
will
one
day
be
in
paradise
the
eternal
kingdom
because
we
shared
who
Jesus
is
help
us
we
pray
in
Jesus
name
amen
we're
going to
sing
together
a song
which
reminds
us
of our
great
King
the
one
who's
created
all
who
has
everything
in
his
hands
who
controls
everything
behold
our
God
nothing
can
compare
come
let
us
adore
him
let's
stand
together
as
we
sing