My dad showed me this one last week after a guy showed it to him at a men’s retreat. Thanks, Dad! And thanks to Randy for passing it along!
This is my favorite Hillsong UNITED’s best album yet. They have been through a lot in the past few years; read their story in Relevant Mag. Find out more about their movement (it’s not a band) on their lovely responsive site.
This is the long version of the song, but it’s pretty epic. Please take some time to watch it and meditate on the lyrics.
You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown where feet may fail
And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep
My faith will stand
And I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine
Your grace abounds in deepest waters
Your sovereign hand
Will be my guide
Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me
You’ve never failed and You won’t start now
So I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine
Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior
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I will call upon Your Name
Keep my eyes above the waves
My soul will rest in Your embrace
I am Yours and You are mine
Challenge 1: Respond in the comments section to at least ONE of these questions:
- What do you think it might mean for you specifically to “walk upon the waters” wherever He would call you?(Hint: It doesn’t necessarily mean hitting the road and leaving behind the responsibilities and relationships He’s placed before you.)
- What would it take for you to have “trust that’s without borders?”
- Imagine what it might look like to go “Deeper than your feet could ever wander.” What are some hopes and dreams you have to make an eternal impact on the world? What are some hopes and dreams you have for going deeper than ever before in your relationship with God?
Challenge 2: Set some time aside to bring all of your pieces before Him and pray these lyrics sincerely.
Challenge 3: Wait expectantly for Him. Wait expectantly for Him to put the pieces together, giving you opportunities to step even further into the ocean of His glorious and perfect will.
What does it mean :God is mine?
Not this song, the phrase.
That’s an excellent question. I’m confident we will spend an eternity answering it. 🙂 But I’d love to meditate on it a little.
Initially, what comes to mind is that “You [God] are mine” means something different from “I am Yours,” in that we are under God: We are in His possession, we are servants of God, and we are children of God. He does not belong to us in the same manner in which we belong to Him: The parties in the relationship benefit the most when God leads and man submits. See Ephesians 5:22-32.
Yet in a way, the two phrases also describe a similar relationship. When we choose to follow Christ, we are signing our lives away to Him, and He has access to every single aspect of our hearts and our lives. Yet even though God and man are opposites in (1) their value in the grand scheme of things, and (2) what they rightfully own, God gives us complete access to everything He is and everything He has. See Philippians 2:5-11.
Now this is the great exchange of the gospel: that Jesus (worthy of everything) stooped down to become a man (worthy of nothing), considered himself equal with man — and, in so doing, placed infinite value and ownership on what once had none.
Therefore, since Christ has given us an eternal inheritance in Heaven, namely, Himself, He now belongs to us. We did not earn a right to His presence, but He owns every right to His entire kingdom, and thus, we now have a right to be in His presence.
But a God who owns everything, who is everything good, who satisfies every need, want, and desire of the imagination? To have access to that? And “that” is a person? This vessel is too simple to comprehend it. But it’s exciting to think about anyway.
Trust without borders would mean honesty. Total honesty. With myself and people important to me. It would mean listening to and *believing* what God (and people that love me) have to say about: 1. where I am doing well and areas of my life that need work) and 2. who I really am.
Steph, very well said. The principle of which you speak reminds me of this saying by Elder Zosimov, a character in my favorite book:
“Above all, avoid lies, all lies, especially the lie to yourself. Keep watch on your own lie and examine it every hour, every minute.
And avoid contempt, both of others and yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have noticed it yourself. And avoid fear, though fear is simply the consequence of every lie. Never be frightened at your own faintheartedness in attaining love, and meanwhile do not even be very frightened by your own bad acts” (p. 58)
Integrity among thought, action, and truth is the work of God within us.