so i just finished laying down some scratch tracks for a song called "hallelujah to my King."
i wrote it back in 2006.
coming out of some rough times, i had a lot of thoughts cooped up in my heart that i couldn't put words to.
i got, what eventually turned into the verse, down.
i got, what eventually turned into the verse, down.
after wrestling, stewing, burning over my infantile vocabulary i felt unsatisfied.
nothing i put together felt right.
i had been reading the book of Daniel.
a book i've read many times.
all of a sudden words started jumping out at me.
what's funny was that they weren't Daniels words but the words of king Darius.
here's the NLT version of Daniel 6:16-28:
16So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you worship continually, rescue you.” 17A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel from the lions. 18Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn’t sleep at all that night.
19Very early the next morning, the king hurried out to the lions’ den. 20When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you worship continually, able to rescue you from the lions?”
21Daniel answered, “Long live the king! 22My God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty.”
23The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him because he had trusted in his God. 24Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den.
25Then King Darius sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world:
“Peace and prosperity to you!
26“I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel.
For he is the living God,
and he will endure forever.
His kingdom will never be destroyed,
and his rule will never end.
27 He rescues and saves his people;
he performs miraculous signs and wonders
in the heavens and on earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions.”
28So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
i had been reading the book of Daniel.
a book i've read many times.
all of a sudden words started jumping out at me.
what's funny was that they weren't Daniels words but the words of king Darius.
here's the NLT version of Daniel 6:16-28:
16So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you worship continually, rescue you.” 17A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel from the lions. 18Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn’t sleep at all that night.
19Very early the next morning, the king hurried out to the lions’ den. 20When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you worship continually, able to rescue you from the lions?”
21Daniel answered, “Long live the king! 22My God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty.”
23The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him because he had trusted in his God. 24Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den.
25Then King Darius sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world:
“Peace and prosperity to you!
26“I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel.
For he is the living God,
and he will endure forever.
His kingdom will never be destroyed,
and his rule will never end.
27 He rescues and saves his people;
he performs miraculous signs and wonders
in the heavens and on earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions.”
28So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
so then i came up with this:
Verse
The heart of what I long to see
Is the love of Christ in me
Always, always
The heart of what You long to see
Is the love of Christ in me
Always, always
Chorus
You are the living God, alive in me
You saved me from the lion’s teeth
Hallelujah to my King
Only in You am I redeemed
Bridge
You are and ever shall be praised!
Your kingdom never fails!
Your love is overtaking the enemy as we sing!
You are and ever shall be praised!
Your kingdom never fails!
Your love is overtaking the enemy as we sing!
yeah.
be well friends,
k
Verse
The heart of what I long to see
Is the love of Christ in me
Always, always
The heart of what You long to see
Is the love of Christ in me
Always, always
Chorus
You are the living God, alive in me
You saved me from the lion’s teeth
Hallelujah to my King
Only in You am I redeemed
Bridge
You are and ever shall be praised!
Your kingdom never fails!
Your love is overtaking the enemy as we sing!
You are and ever shall be praised!
Your kingdom never fails!
Your love is overtaking the enemy as we sing!
yeah.
be well friends,
k
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