In a previous life I was a Worship Pastor. I absolutely loved planning worship services and selecting songs for congregational singing (something I still get to do a bit as a Student Pastor). Over the years, I have discovered some incredibly powerful texts set to singable tunes that stir the soul and strengthen the faith. In these days of uncertainty and anxiety, there is something comforting about music – especially music that reminds us of unchanging truths about who God is. So, perhaps the best way to launch this blog is by sharing some of my favorite songs and hymns that carry indelible hope to hopeless hearts and minds.
One song that continues to come to mind is Psalm 62 by Aaron Keyes and Stuart Townend. If you are not familiar with either of these artists you are missing out. Both are lesser known artists, but you are probably more familiar with Townend than you realize. He (along with Keith Getty) penned such classics as In Christ Alone, How Deep the Father’s Love, and The Power of the Cross.
Psalm 62, as you might have already guessed, is based of Psalm 62. This Psalm of David is referred to by Charles Spurgeon as The Only Psalm due to its use of the word only six times. Spurgeon identifies the theme of the Psalm as “faith alone is true which rests on God alone, that confidence which relies but partly on the Lord is vain confidence.”
In these days of uncertainty, our confidence will be shaken if it is placed upon changing landscapes of politics and pandemic. God alone is unchanging and therefore worthy of complete confidence. It is my prayer that this song will lift your eyes upward and fix them upon the One who does not change and who is in control of all things.
Across Our Kitchen Table 