This is an anthemic song of praise. It's one of my favorites, and would work well to close out a service.

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This song was surprisingly difficult to write. The first verse and the chorus came to me at the same time, driving home one day from work. I sat down at the piano and couldn’t get them to jive. When I transitioned from the verse to the chorus it was too jarring and didn’t flow. Eventually I decided that they must be parts to two different songs.

As my concert recording neared, however, I was playing with Paul Baloche’s I See the Lord. I had been wanting to write a song with an anthem feel to end the concert. I put this feel to both the verse and chorus of this song and, viola, it all came together.

The bridge is written and recorded as two parts – a lead and a response. I have done this song in worship, however, without the response (no other singers with me) and it works just fine.

This is one of my favorite songs, and I hope you enjoy it as well.

Verse 1

Hear my voice when I call, O Lord
My heart proclaims “Seek His face!"
Your face, O Lord, I will seek
Teach me Your ways, O Lord

Chorus
The Lord is my light and my salvation
The Lord is the stronghold of my life
The Lord is my light and my salvation
Take heart and wait upon the Lord

Verse 2
One thing I ask, one thing I seek
To dwell with You all my life
To gaze upon the beauty of my Lord
To seek Him in His courts

Bridge
The earth is the Lords He is the Lord
And all that dwells therein The Lord of my life
Sing praise to the King I will sing praise
And bow be-fore His Name Sing His praise

Ending
You are my Lord