New Song This Week

Hey everyone, I want to introduce a new song this weekend, and I'm in the process of recording a version to put on here, but I just accidentally deleted everything I'd worked on to this point, so until I finish it, I wanted to at least let you know what it's about.

As many of you know, we got the building that we've been interested in! We now have a more permanent church home for the next few years; how exciting! As we've all heard Pastor Todd say, God has his perfect plan for our church, and as we prayed, he has placed us exactly where he wants us to be!

That's what this song it about, trusting in God's sovereignty. It's called "We Trust Your Will," and here are the words:

(Chorus)
We trust your will oh God
We trust your sovereign plan
Your ways are high above us
Your wisdom, oh how glorious!
When we can't see your plan
Lord help us understand
Though we can't see your purpose
We trust your will is certain!

(Verse 1)
You gave the law to Israel your chosen race
Its perfect statutes pointing us to your grace
Just as our fathers were saved through faith alone
We pray each day our trust and faith in you would overflow

(Verse 2)
You sent your Son to rise up to do your will
To save your children, for sin his blood was spilled
He was obedient unto the point of death
We pray the strength to follow him and trust your sovereign plan

(Bridge)
Though I walk through the valleys
Lord I will fear no evil
I'll follow you in paths of
Righteousness for your name's sake
Surely Lord all your goodness
And all your loving kindness
Will follow me every day I live to trust and praise you!

The verses are examples from scripture of how we trust God's perfect plan, and rely solely on him, and not on ourselves.

The first verse talks about the Old Testament law, and how it opened our eyes to how sinful we were, and made it completely obvious that we could not keep its decrees perfectly. The children of Israel had to offer blood sacrifices for their sins, but it was always their faith in God, not anything inherent in the sacrifices, that was "credited to them as righteousness." So even though we live "on this side of the cross," we still aspire to the faith of our fathers (Moses, Abraham, Noah, etc.).

The second verse talks about our perfect once-and-for-all sacrifice of Jesus Christ. He came as a submissive and obedient son who was obedient even unto death on a cross. His perfect life, sacrificial death, and ascension from the grave to the right hand of the Father fulfilled all that the Old Testament system of sacrifice had pointed towards. We now claim the perfect blood of Christ as payment for our sins, and are subsequently justified, and spared from the wrath of God, and guaranteed eternal life in his presence! So we aspire to the obedience and trust that Christ had in his Father's perfect plan, and that's what we sing about in this song.

The bridge is an adaptation of the familiar 23rd Psalm, and talks about how we know that God is faithful, merciful, and he is never off of the throne, so when we are faithful to follow him, we know he is a perfect and reliable guide, and that when we do follow him, that his grace, mercy, and loving kindness will also be with us!

So I'll try to finish the recording soon, but chew on the words and ideas of this song. It's so appropriate to where our church is; trusting in God's perfect plan for us as his body, and rejoicing in his glorious sovereignty!