God is There

On the way home from visiting friends in the Twin Cities, I heard an amazing song.  It came right in the midst of me trying to figure out exactly how I was going to work my sermon for tomorrow, and why I chose to do it on Psalm 46 instead of preaching a standard sermon on Luther's view of Grace and justification.

All of a sudden this song came into my world and left me speechless.  For me it was a reworking of Psalm 139, just as 'A Mighty Fortress Is Our God' was Luther's reworking of Psalm 46.  It reminded me that God's words are not stagnant.  They are alive and it is not just preachers who get to help other's understand them.  It was a powerful reminder of God's grace in action.

The song is God Is There by Diamond Rio.  (Yes I listen to country a lot!)

Surrounded by the darkness

It all came down to soon

Longing for redemption in this cold hospital room,

God is There.

What will she tell her family

Still her daddy’s little girl

She can’t believe she’s showing

Carrying the weight of the world

God is there

Where you think he wont come to

That’s where he’ll be

Waiting for you

God is there

In the middle of your night

In every single moment

In every single light

He’s reaching for you 

Right where you are

The God of the impossible is never very far

Oh, imagine a place He would never be

No height nor depth

Not life nor death separate you, ever separate you, ever separate you.

God is there

in the middle of your night

In every single moment

In every single light

He’s reaching for you right where you are

The God of the impossible is never very far

Oh, imagine a place where He would never be,

God is there.

Ooooh, God is there.