Over the summer we have been blessed through listening to a powerful song “You’re the God of the city” . It was introduced to us as one of Chris Tomlin’s but later we discovered its origin lies with a group of guys from Belfast, Bluetree. It speaks so powerfully to us of God’s hand over this city, Lisbon, and gives us hope that He is powerfully working here, and that great things will happen when we serve Him hereYou're the God of this City
You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation
You are
You're the Light in this darkness
You're the Hope to the hopeless
You're the Peace to the restless
You are
For greater things have yet to come And greater things are still to be done
in this City
I
saiah 26 talks also talks about the city, God’s city well protected on every side, with salvation for its walls and ramparts. As I thought about that, and Jericho, Jerusalem and all the other cities of ancient times, it struck me that one of the biggest differences between old cities and new ones is the way in which they are defended. Thick walls, battlements, gates and ramparts is what made you sleep peacefully at night in the days of wild Barbarians, Huns, Vandals and Visigoths who roamed medieval Europe at night. Or, in Portugal’s case, the threat of the Spanish. The eastern border of the country is dotted with a line of fortified cities.
But now you can enter any city without problem. There is no need for walls and moats and portcullises. We live at the north end of Lisbon and as you drive north from there leaving the city through mile after mile of straggling suburbs, its hard to tell when you’re in and when you’re out. That’s because the defence of the city in modern Europe no longer lies in the thickness of its walls or the height of its towers. But rather in its bank balance and its stock market. That’s where the shield and the fortress is. That’s why, in our day, many are reeling. But
saiah 26 talks also talks about the city, God’s city well protected on every side, with salvation for its walls and ramparts. As I thought about that, and Jericho, Jerusalem and all the other cities of ancient times, it struck me that one of the biggest differences between old cities and new ones is the way in which they are defended. Thick walls, battlements, gates and ramparts is what made you sleep peacefully at night in the days of wild Barbarians, Huns, Vandals and Visigoths who roamed medieval Europe at night. Or, in Portugal’s case, the threat of the Spanish. The eastern border of the country is dotted with a line of fortified cities.But now you can enter any city without problem. There is no need for walls and moats and portcullises. We live at the north end of Lisbon and as you drive north from there leaving the city through mile after mile of straggling suburbs, its hard to tell when you’re in and when you’re out. That’s because the defence of the city in modern Europe no longer lies in the thickness of its walls or the height of its towers. But rather in its bank balance and its stock market. That’s where the shield and the fortress is. That’s why, in our day, many are reeling. But
You will keep in perfect peace
him whose mind is steadfast,
because he trusts in you.
because he trusts in you.
He humbles those who dwell on high
He lays the lofty city low;
He levels it to the ground
and casts it down to the dust.
The Lord, the Lord is the Rock Eternal. Isaiah 26
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