If You're the Same God
Album: The Whole Spirit: Redemption Songs
By: Todd Hoover
By: Todd Hoover
Duration
3:53
Genres
Description
Considering that numerous gathering songs used in Christian worship are of an upbeat, determined, and major-key nature, I thought that opening "The Whole Spirit: Redemption Songs" with a slow, minor-key, borderline agnostic dirge would not only be jarring, but also appropriate for worshippers who may be struggling to feel enthused about the gospel in a depressing age.
Lyrics
If You are the God who still reaches down to pick up the people You push to the ground; if You're that same Lord, the one holy Name who sang with the faithful once screaming in vain; if You are the God who bristled with wrath, but still carried Israel back to its land, redeem me, O Lord -- stay true to Your past and say that these praises aren't all that I have. O God, do You cackle aloud from Your throne to see me eternally hurt and alone? Is all of this singing a waste of my breath? Is nothing worth trusting but sorrow and death? (C) 2012 Made to Make Music
