Inherit the Kingdom

Songs have a way of speaking to me in ways that nothing else can. I heard this song a couple years ago, and I immediately fell in love. I love Sara Groves' music because she has a way of writing exactly what I feel in my heart. This song is no exception.

When the Saints by Sara Groves

Lord, I have a heavy burden of all I've seen and know

It's more than I can handle

But Your word is burning like a fire shut up in my bones

And I can't let it go

And when I'm weary and overwrought

With so many battles left unfought

I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard

I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars

And when the saints go marching in

I want to be one of them

Lord, it's all that I can't carry and cannot leave behind

It all can overwhelm me

But when I think of all who've gone before and lived a faithful life

Their courage compels me

And when I'm weary and overwrought

With so many battles left unfought

I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard

I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars

I see the shepherd Moses in the pharaoh's court

I hear his call for freedom for the people of the Lord

And when the saints go marching in

I want to be one of them

And when the saints go marching in

I want to be one of them

I see the long quiet walk along the Underground Railroad

I see the slave awaken to the value of her soul

I see the young missionary and the angry spear

I see his family returning with no trace of fear

I see the long hard shadows of Calcutta nights

I see the sister standing by the dying man's side

I see the young girl huddled on the brothel floor

I see the man with a passion come kicking down that door

I see the Man of sorrow and His long troubled road

I see the world on His shoulders and my easy load

And when the saints go marching in

I want to be one of them

"Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." Matthew 25:34