God Is For Us

This week’s new song, “God Is For Us,” comes from CityAlight, the music ministry of St. Paul’s Castle Hill Anglican church in Sydney, Australia. Ten years ago, CityAlight began as a group of 15 songwriters who set out to write music for worship that was both Biblically rich in lyrics and singable through simple melodies.

“God Is For Us” is based on Romans 8:31 which says, “…If God is for us, who can be against us? God’s word needs no help from us and it certainly doesn’t need a good melodious groove to be any more powerful than the day it was penned. But, putting God’s word into music, or basing musical lyrics upon the word of God speaks to us in a different way than hearing it spoken or reading it in the Scriptures. And, the repetitive nature of songs like this naturally helps us commit truth to the memory of our hearts.

In the 1st verse, it talks about the dark places we all will face at one time or another in our lives – the battle, the valley, and the night. God is there. He is there when we are fighting, He is there when we fear, He is there in our struggles. Verse 2 takes it a bit deeper and deals directly with our heart as that is where God is most concerned – when I stumble, fall, turn back. His boundless love, His grace beyond measure, and His endless mercy are always there.

In the bridge, the song reminds us that nothing “…can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:39). “He who gave His son to free us, holds me in His love”—what a great lyric! Just reading that line a few times puts a smile on my face and, hopefully, yours as well!

And finally, in the chorus, we sing out,

Sing with joy now: our God is for us
The Father’s love is a strong and mighty fortress
Raise your voice now, no love is greater
Who can stand against us if our God is for us

I hope this song encourages you as it does me. As you learn and practice it, you can’t help but be overcome with God’s abundant joy in your heart.

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