This is probably my favourite Extol song lyrics-wise. Tells of a genuine moment of crisis in faith, where everything seems to be crashing down around you - very reminiscent of many of the Psalms of David, including Psalm 22 (from which the quote, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" is taken). I love the honesty about feeling betrayed ("God if you really exist illuminate the path that leads me back"), but also the reminder of God's ultimate goodness at the end, again following the pattern of the Psalms.
One cannot help but feel lost and confused in a world of such pain and strife, but God is real and God truly loves you, and longs for you to be free and restored to be with him. That I believe is the truth at the heart of this epic, but honest, psalm of anguish.
This is probably my favourite Extol song lyrics-wise. Tells of a genuine moment of crisis in faith, where everything seems to be crashing down around you - very reminiscent of many of the Psalms of David, including Psalm 22 (from which the quote, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" is taken). I love the honesty about feeling betrayed ("God if you really exist illuminate the path that leads me back"), but also the reminder of God's ultimate goodness at the end, again following the pattern of the Psalms.
One cannot help but feel lost and confused in a world of such pain and strife, but God is real and God truly loves you, and longs for you to be free and restored to be with him. That I believe is the truth at the heart of this epic, but honest, psalm of anguish.