Though You Slay Me – Shane & Shane featuring John Piper

I come, God, I come I return to the Lord The one who's broken The one who's torn me apart You strike down to bind me up You say you do it all in love That I might know you in your suffering Though you slay me Yet I will praise you Though you take from me I will bless your name Though you ruin me Still I will worship Sing a song to the one who's all I need My heart and flesh may fail The earth below give way But with my eyes, with my eyes I'll see the Lord Lifted high upon that day Behold the Lamb that was slain And I'll know that every tear was worth it all And though you slay me Yet I will praise you Though you take from me I will bless your name Though you ruin me Still I will worship Sing a song to the one who's all I need Though tonight I'm crying out "Let this cup pass from me now" You're still more than I need You're enough for me You're enough for me [John Piper] "Not only is all your affliction momentary, not only is all your affliction light in comparison to eternity and the glory there, but all of it is totally meaningful. Every millisecond of your pain from the fallen nature or fallen man, every millisecond of your misery in the path of obedience is producing a peculiar glory you will get because of that. I don't care if it was cancer or criticism. I don't care if it was slander or sickness. It wasn't meaningless. It's doing something! It's not meaningless. Of course you can't see what it's doing. Don't look to what is seen. When your mom dies, when your kid dies, when you've got cancer at 40, when a car careens into the sidewalk and takes her out, don't say "That's meaningless!" It's not. It's working for you an eternal weight of glory. Therefore, therefore, do not lose heart. But take these truths and day by day focus on them. Preach them to yourself every morning. Get alone with God and preach his word into your mind until your heart sings with confidence that you are new and cared for." Though you slay me Yet I will praise you Though you take from me I will bless your name Though you ruin me Still I will worship Sing a song to the one who's all I need I'll sing a song to the one who's all I need

Channel: Desiring God

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Keywords: John Piper (Author), Shane & Shane (Musical Group), Gospel, Jesus Christ (Deity), Christianity (Religion), Suffering, Grief, DesiringGod, John Piper, Pastor John Piper, Shane Barnard, Shane Everett, Legacy Conference

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Length: 6min 15sec (375 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 13 2013