Day 42
Tuesday, April 15th
If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
(Psalm 139:9-10 NIV)
Read through these lyrics thoughtfully. Then listen to the song and make it your prayer:
Highlands (Song of Ascent)
Benjamin William Hastings and Hillsong UNITED
Oh, how high would I climb mountains
If the mountains were where You hide
Oh, how far I'd scale the valleys
If You graced the other side
Oh, how long have I chased rivers
From lowly seas to where they rise
Against the rush of grace descending
From the source of its supply
'Cause in the highlands and the heartache
You're neither more nor less inclined
I would search and stop at nothing
You're just not that hard to find, oh-oh
I will praise on the mountain
And I will praise you when the mountain is in my way
You're the summit where my feet are
So I will praise You in the valleys all the same
No less God within the shadows
No less faithful when the night leads me astray
'Cause You're the heaven where my heart is
In the highlands and the heartache all the same, oh-oh
Oh, how far beneath Your glory
Does Your kindness extent apart
From where Your feet rest on the sunrise
To where You sweep the sinner's past?
And oh, how fast would You come running?
If just to shadow me through the night
Trace my steps through all my failure
And walk me out the other side
For who could dare ascend that mountain
That valleyed hill called Calvary
But for the one I call Good Shepherd
Who like a lamb was slain for me
I will praise You on the mountain
I will praise You when the mountains in my way
You're the summit where my feet are
So I will praise you in the valley all the same
No less God within the shadows
And no less faithful when the night leads me astray
'Cause You're the heaven where my heart is
In the highlands and the heartache all the same
Whatever I walk through, wherever I am
Your name can move mountains wherever I stand
And if ever I walk through the valley of death
I'll sing through the shadows my song of ascent
Whatever I walk through, wherever I am
Your Name can move mountains wherever I stand
And if ever I walk through the valley of death
I'll sing through the shadows my song of ascent
My song of ascent
From the gravest of all valleys
Come the pasture we call grace
A mighty river flowing upward
From a deep but empty grave
So I will praise You on the mountain
I will praise You when the mountains in my way
You're the summit where my feet are
I will praise you in the valley all the same
No less God within the shadows
No less faithful when the night leads me astray
You're the heaven where my heart is
In the highlands and the heartache all the same