Seeking and Saving
The final of our weekly musical reflections from the “Vigil Project” is a wonderfully upbeat song which captures the joyous event of Jesus’ resurrection and helps consider how it is not only Jesus who experiences new life, but us as well.
As we begin the next 50 days of celebration during this Easter Season, may we rejoice in the new life that Jesus won for us and make sure that we shout it from the rooftops to those we meet.
Lyrics
You’re coming through the darkness
You’re breaking through our blindness
You’re striding through the Red Sea of death
By taking on our likeness
and dying for the lifeless
You’re raising all your children from the dead
You’re raising up my heart from the dead
You’re smashing through the prison door
O God now you have made me sure
Of how your love is breaking every chain
You’re seeking out the hopeless
You’re saving all the poor
For all you’ve done there’s only one song I can sing
You’re raising up my heart from the dead
Hallelujah Hallelujah!
You’re seeking and saving my heart
Hallelujah Hallelujah!
You’re seeking and saving my heart
From the darkness and the ashes
We are rising we are rising
With the hosts of all the Heavens
We are rising we are rising
Lord Jesus,
You are risen indeed, Alleluia!
May the reality of your resurrection, and the new start it promises, sink deep within.
Help us to carry the hope of your risen life with us as we step forward into a new season.
Lord, we thank you that your blessings are new everyday.
Help us to nurture within a spirit of gratitude.
AMEN
These musical reflections are courtesy of the Vigil Project. VIGIL is a multimedia resource for deep prayer and authentic encounter with God, produced by a community of artists, musicians, and filmmakers