[Verse 1]
We're
content to pitch our tent
When the
glory's evident
Seldom do
we know the glory came and went
Moving can
seem dangerous
In this
stranger's pilgrimage
Knowing
that you can't stand still, you cross the bridge
[Chorus]
There's a
higher place to go, beyond belief, beyond belief
Where we
reach the next plateau, beyond belief, beyond belief
And from
faith to faith we grow
Towards the
center of the flow
Where He
beckons us to go, beyond belief, beyond belief
[Verse 2]
Leap of
faith without a net
Makes us
want to hedge our bet
Waters
never part until our feet get wet
There's a
deeper place to go
Where the
road seems hard to hoe
He who has
begun this work won't let it go
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
And it
takes so long to see the change
But we look
around and it seems so strange
We have
come so far but the journey's long
And we once
were weak but now we're strong
[Chorus]
A good
friend, almost brother, from long ago, Thiago Andrade, great advertising
executive and filmmaker (check his Instagram @timecom.tv), asked me to talk
about this song. In about 17 years we know each other, I’ve lived enough to
know that this song is his life’s song. He even had the chance to meet the
composer and tell how the song changed his life. He went beyond belief, beyond
what he could see and imagine, and even got what wasn’t dreaming about.
But
sometimes is different for us. We’re happy in just cross our arms an “let life
give its own way”. We live in compliance with what we have because we fear
risking. We fear in going forward. I like when it sings “leap of faith”,
because I remember the Assassin’s Creed game series. In the game, the jump you
do from faraway places to a safe landing, that is called “leap of faith”. The
leap amidst what is uncertain right to safety.
I think
it’s cool when the Bible brings the definition:
'Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of
things we cannot see. ' Hebrews 11:1 NLT
We have
faith in many “silly” things. We have faith that tomorrow we’ll be alive. We
have faith that the bench we’re sitting down won’t break. But which faith,
regarding eternity, have you got? I’ve got faith that God has sent his son,
Jesus, to salve and forgive sins. That died on a Cross and gave his own blood
so I could have eternal life.
You can
even question “where is God in all this chaos? Isn’t he good enough to end such
evilness and destruction?”. That is complicated to discuss about, but I ask you
back “where were we when God sought us? Why did we let him aside?”. He’s kind
and won’t force you anything. And, from the moment which, through our free
agency, firm and walk with Him, the certainty of our future, after death, will
be a wonderful place.
'That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen,
no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who
love him.”' 1 Corinthians 2:9 NLT
And the
work God has begun, with the announcement of Jesus' first coming right after
the man's fall, the life and death of Jesus, and the prophecy of the end of the
world and consequently Apocalypse, is good, perfect and delightful. The work
won't ever be incomplete. He'll finish it with all majesty, giving us strength
to not give up and carry on.
'And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will
continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus
returns.' Philippians 1:6 NLT
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