Light to My Path EP

This song was written a number of years ago and focused on the words of Romans 3:21-26 and Romans 5:1-11. We made some slight changes to the lyrics and to the melody in recent years because, in an age where liberalism is running rampant in the church and definitions of words are so important, we thought it best to make sure that the lyrics we had written were extremely clear in what they were saying.

These words came directly from, and were inspired by, verses 21-24 of Lamentations 3: "But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him.""

This song was influenced by a time of study in the Psalms. We think it is important for churches to sing songs of lament and, with this song, we wanted to also highlight the flow, or progression, of a Psalm and how the Psalms speak of prayer and bringing our petitions before the Lord. The psalmist would go to God in his confusion or frustration and lay this out before the Lord, knowing that, while he was small, God was big and able to be trusted. And then the psalmist would turn and reflect upon what God has done, what His promises were for His people, what He is doing - even in the struggles that the author is facing - and how there is hope found in resting upon God as one's greatest Treasure.

Based upon the words of Psalm 63, these lyrics speak of how theology overflows into doxology in the life of a believer - how looking at and mining the depths of God's word fuels a life of worship, and, in a cyclical way, how that heart in worship longs to know more about God's word. And, furthermore, in much the same way as Romans 5 speaks about, as well, this song speaks about how this word-filled and God-centred life can then have hope in the midst of hardships that the Bible says will be faced by a Christian.

This song was written in response to a seminary course that we listened to during a Bible study on the book of Revelation. We wanted to write a song based around these words in Revelation 5:12: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!" The Bridge points to these words, while the rest of the song speak about how, as Revelation 13 states, those who are God's people will not listen to the Beasts, but will praise the Lamb, to whom they were given, who was slain before the foundation of the world.