A song for personal devotion as well as congregational declaration. The song develops from a plea for mercy and a longing for more of the Holy Spirit, to a powerful final section of praise and wonder at the gift of salvation.
Christian worship songs from Dan Smith for the local church
Story behind the song
This was a song written for personal use. A prayerful statement that I could return to again and again, to ask for God's mercy and plead for more joy in the Holy Spirit.
God answered this prayer and lead me to passages in the Bible that speak of what salvation really means for us and what it really cost Him.
I began to sing loudly some simple truths as God really did restore the joy of salvation in me. The line 'The victory is Yours, salvation is Yours, the greatest gift there ever was', poured out of me and completely broke me. When you're given a gift, doesn't it just make you feel so loved and appreciated? As I thought more and more about the gift of salvation, I could feel the Father putting His arm gently around His child as He passed over a gift. It really broke me.
So this is quite a personal song, but I hope it helps you in your personal worship too.
Psalm 24 v 4, Psalm 51. 1 Peter 1 v 3-6 (NLT) (spoken Word by Ebenezer Asiamah)
Lyrics
Holy and consuming fire,
search my heart and purify,
there’s a hill I want to climb,
there’s a place I want to stand.
Again invited to that place,
I know it’s free, I know it’s grace,
but I know it’s holy ground
so I’m asking to be cleansed, again.
Restore the joy, restore the joy of Your salvation.
The victory is Yours, salvation is Yours, the greatest gift there ever was.
You are the God who saves; You are the God of grace.
Thank You for the cross, thank You for the tomb, thank You for the stone that crushed the old as it rolled away. The victory is Yours, and so it is ours, our freedom, You won for us that day. In freedom we come, in faith, but in fear. |n fear, but full confidence in You. ‘Cause it's all been paid; we're free to sing praise, we're free from all condemnation and guilt.
