Come Holy Spirit

One thing I would be the first to say at this time in my life is that my memory is not perfect.  But, if my memory is correct this time as I think it is, there is a song which was introduced by our Minister of Music at the Perry Church some years ago on Pentecost Sunday which struck me as powerful then and now.  It was one I would request now and again, but it seemed to strike a chord the church needed to hear and still needs to hear.  The chorus was a call to the Holy Spirit, " Come Holy Spirit dark is the hour. We need Your filling, Your love and Your mighty power. Move now among us stir us we pray. Come Holy Spirit, revive the church today."  (The Holy Spirit Came at Pentecost).   

While this was sung on Pentecost Sunday, it is also a hymn which is so appropriate for Reformation Sunday which the church celebrates today.  Surely, the Church was in need of reformation in Martin Luther's Day.  Surely, the Church was in need of reformation in the day of John Wesley.  And, surely the Church is need of reformation in the day in which we live.  The church as we know  has become far too cultured centered, much too political, and far too obsessed with money, buildings, and membership.   

Some would say the church is in need of reformation and others would simply say a great revival would be more than enough.  Obviously, what is needed is something other than the status quo.  Continuing with what is in the present will only take us into the future as the church of this present moment. Such is not a place we want to go.  'Come Holy Spirit...Move now among us we pray."