Come, We that Love the Lord


In my morning time with the Lord, I was moved by these words from Isaac Watts:

Come, we that love the Lord,

And let our joys be known;

Join in a song with sweet accord,

And thus surround the throne.

Isaac Watts, 1674–1748


 Manser, M., ed. (2015). Daily Guidance (p. 51). Martin Manser.

Now, these words form the first verse of an old hymn we used to sing back in the day at the little First Christian Church of Sheridan, Oregon. Until today, I didn't realize that the title of the hymn was different than the chorus from my childhood memory, which is:

We're marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion!

We're marching upward to Zion, the beautiful city of God!

Truth be told, this hymn has a theological perspective on eternity and heaven that I may push back a bit on now as I'm older, but I love the scene painted by those words of worship in the verse.  I can imagine the disciples of Jesus singing and letting our joys be known, and together surrounding God's eternal throne. This is a now-and-not-yet reality!

Indeed, come we that love the Lord!

(photo from Mt Zion National Park in Utah)



Photo by Varun Yadav on Unsplash

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