I Open Your Word

I open Your Word, and You speak to me.

You show me just who You are.

You show me who You made me to be.

You make me to feel Your love.

You teach me to love Your truth.

Oh, I open Your Word, and You're there with me.

We reminisce about long ago.

You tell how You created the world,

How perfect it was, how You rested.

You tell me how man fell away.

I think of how I have failed You.

You tell of men and women of old,

And I learn from their faith and mistakes.

I learn You're always there.

Nothing's outside Your control.

Yes, I open Your Word, and You teach me.

I learn about Your law, how You wrote it on stones and now on my heart,

How no one can keep it but Jesus.

I open your Word, and I'm guilty; there's nothing that I can do,

But I am filled with hope, and my faith is alive

Because You paid that death I was due. 

I open Your Word, and You paint for me pictures.

I see Eden and fresh flowing water,

Beautiful plants and majestic animals,

The serpent and Adam and Eve and the fall. 

I see Noah, the ark, the rain pouring down, the flood carving the valleys, wiping earth clean.

I see your rainbow drawn in the sky.

I see parting of rivers, wars, and slavery.

I see fire from heaven and idols torn down.

Oh, I see angels, and I see baby Jesus, 

I see heaven open as He's baptized by John.

I see children under the Savior's feet, Mary washing those feet.

I see the lame dropping their crutches, the blind opening their eyes, the crowds listening to Jesus. 

Oh, I see them arrest Him, they beat Him, they spat on Him. 

I know that I am guilty.

I see His face as He hangs on the cross.

I hear Him say, "It is finished!"

Oh I open the Word, and You shows me Your power.

Death, where is your sting?

Jesus didn't stay dead, He arose: conquered death!

He paid the debt that we owed. 

We were dead in our sins, but let us praise Him! 

By grace, we have been saved.

Our faith's placed in Him, our Savior, our King.

Oh praise Your Holy Name!

I open Your Word, and You gives the command:

Go into all the world, tell them, tell them

All I have read, tell them Your story today. 

Know that You are forever, You were then and now and to come. 

They'll be a new heaven and a new earth, and You love us enough to want us there. 

Oh let's invite everyone!