WONDER Lyrics

Welcome to a place called Wonder

Fix and fasten your focus on the face of the Father's Son

The One who has always been and always will be

The One who existed before existence

The Author of authenticity

The Creator of creativity

The Giver of gifts and giftings

The King of kings, Lord of lords, God of gods

He is the One we call Immanuel - God with us

He did not just become Immanuel in Isaiah chapter 7, let alone in Matthew chapter 1, but He has always been God with us

Was He not in the garden with Adam and Eve, even when they fell?

Was He not the voice in the burning yet unconsumed bush in the wilderness?

Was He not with Gideon and his 300 men when they were up against 135,000 Midianites?

Was He not the 4th angelic figure in the fiery furnace with Daniel's friends?

Was He not the one who held together the mighty jaws of the lions when Daniel was Hurled into their den?

Was He not with Paul and Silas when the Spirit of liberty liberated them from their Ligatures?

Was He not with the Israelites when the Pharaoh pursued them into the Red Sea as it Became red indeed with blood?

Was He not with David when King Saul desperately desired to derail his destiny?

Was He not making intercession for Hannah with groanings that cannot be uttered?

He did not become our Chief Intercessor after the cross…

Because "before Abraham was, I Am."

He is the master of mystery, ruler of revelation

He is the missing piece to the Melchizedek mystery

A priest whose name means righteousness, but also the king of a city called Salem Which translates to peace

A priest-king

A man who has no known genealogy, without beginning nor end, and to whom Abraham Established the act of tithing 430 years early…

According to human knowledge

Because who knows when it comes to the Creator of time itself…

To the One who can turn "the time is coming" into "the time is now" in an instant

"But these things testify of me" He said

Melchizedek is but a shadow of our High Priest

Our righteous King. The Prince of Peace, Salem

The Ancient of Days

The One who was, and is and is to come

The Alpha and the Omega

The Beginning and the End

The First and the Last

He is the same yesterday, today and forever

The One who is unwavering in His ways

The consistently faithful One

Because before Abraham was, He always has been

He is the inventor of intimacy

Being confined to a box made by human hands

Or an idea conjured by traditional tales was never His final destination

Despite the astounding adornments of the ark and the tent of unknowingly temporary Meeting,

He still said, "closer"

So the journey continued

The ark was captured and then recovered

King David himself wanted to build a more permanent dwelling place for the presence of Yahweh but his bloody hands were unfit for such a task

So his son Solomon built a tabernacle in the city called Zion where man can worship God

Oblivious to their lack of the revelation to worship "in Spirit and truth"

Still He said, "closer"

Prophecies were proclaimed

Visions were visualised

Dreams were dreamt

Yet still, creation waited for the manifestation of "closer".

Until one day

Heavenly DNA was compressed and interwoven into the form of human likeness but we Did not recognise Him

Even now, there are 7 acclaimed wonders of the world

Yet He is not included because the world does not recognise Him

Even in light of the foreknowledge of humanity's rejection, the Word still became flesh And tabernacled among us

The closeness He sought after has now been achieved

The tabernacle made with human hands has now been replaced with the human body Itself

What was once merely a glimpse has now become reality

What was once covered with a veil, as that of Moses' face, has now been unmasked

The wonder of His glorious personhood on full display

The doxa of Elohim, infiltrating the ranks of the heavenlies

Penetrating the hearts of men

Enlightening the eyes of those who dare behold Him

He needs no physical sceptre, for He wields righteousness as justice

He is the radiance of revelation

The supreme source of splendour

He defined truth before human logic was formed

He consummated divinity and humanity

He is the Well in the wilderness

He is the gateway of glory

He is the person of possibilities

He is the road to righteousness

He is the faith of the feeble

To the broken, He is the bridge to beauty

To the weak, He is the source of strength

He washes the weary with wisdom

He comforts the confused with clarity

He uplifts the undeserving with unmerited favour

He adorns those who mourn with the oil of gladness

He guards and He guides

He rebukes and redeems

He prunes and protects

He loves and He loves and He loves

He is and will forever be Wonder

This is the place, time and Person called Wonder