There are references to God in this song, I assume it is a spiritual song that encourages prayer. I can't really read it any other way personally!
There is reference to this well known poem (excerpt):
"All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all."
Cecil Frances Alexander
As for the lyrics about the world being seductive - and following that saying that no one is happy - this appears to be a comment on the fact that we are happier being one with God than we are surrounded by the stuff of the world and wanting everything.
In the bible, there are many instructive references to being in the world but not of it, being part of higher ideals.
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."
There are references to God in this song, I assume it is a spiritual song that encourages prayer. I can't really read it any other way personally!
There is reference to this well known poem (excerpt):
"All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all." Cecil Frances Alexander
As for the lyrics about the world being seductive - and following that saying that no one is happy - this appears to be a comment on the fact that we are happier being one with God than we are surrounded by the stuff of the world and wanting everything.
In the bible, there are many instructive references to being in the world but not of it, being part of higher ideals.
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."