I worship a King Who was born in
a cave
After 33 years He was placed there again
He fell from heaven and was birthed on the earth
below (repeat)
No power of death could hold HIm in the grave
The Spirit of life still rolls stones away
He fell from heaven and was birthed on the earth
below (repeat)
One hundred and twenty with flames on their head
It will happen again just as He said
It falls from heaven and is birthed on the earth
below (repeat)
Like the days of the kings and the age of the saints
signs from the heavens will light my way
It falls from heaven and is birthed on the earth
below (repeat)
I want to see the things that You do
The signs of Your love and of Your truth
fall from heaven and are birthed on the earth below
(repeat)
D / / / | D4/F# / / / | C/G / / /
| G / / / :||
Am7 / / / | C / / / | D4 / / / | D / / / :||
The Welsh influence
in this song is small but evident nonetheless. The
fourth verse of this simple, but haunting chorus
starts with the line "Like the days of the
kings and the age of the saints." The age of
the saints is a reference to the 5th and 6th century
in Wales and Ireland, a time when the growth and
influence of Christianity in the Celtic world was
significant, and changed life in these countries
forever. It is not unlikely that this age of saints
began a century earlier in Wales, and it was here
among the monastic communities that many of the
Celtic church leaders would have been trained.
As medieval literature
looked back on these saints such as Dewis (David)
in Wales, and Patrick (perhaps a Welshman himself)
in Ireland, the stories were often exaggerated with
tales of hills growing under the feet of the saints
(Dewis), and chasing the snakes out of the country
(Patrick). These exaggerations may be tall tales,
but there is a truth hidden within the stories:
People believed in miracles. So do I.
Just as the age of
the saints, and days of the Welsh kings were filled
with stories of the miraculous intervention of God,
I have found that God wants to move miraculously
in our lives today.
I am looking for this
grace to fall on us today. In fact, I am sure that
it does regularly in little ways, and we do not
see it hidden in the mysteries of life. Yet, I am
sure that even greater things can and will happen,
if we are committed to our Savior like the Welsh
saints once were.
May this grace "Fall
from heaven and be birthed on the earth below."
That is at the heart of the Gospel.
