Sovereign Grace
Puritan Board Sophomore
Crossing the calm sea with Jesus The disciples were getting concerned The winds started violently blowing But He was asleep in the stearn Does He not care that we perish? We're helpless and we're so afraid Jesus arose when they called Him And said to them, where is your faith? Because you've prayed all night 'Cause you've held on with all of your might Child, your cries have awoken the Master Oh, He knows your voice Lift your hands, it's time to rejoice Child, your cries have awoken the Master It hit you without any warning The storm of your life had begun Seeing no hope in the distance You're frightened and nowhere to run By now your vessel is filling And you're thinking that you'll surely drown You cried out for help from the Saviour And you know you can't give up now Because you've prayed all night Because you've held on with all of your might Child, your cries have awoken the Master Oh, He knows your voice Lift your hands, it's time to rejoice Child, your cries have awoken the Master You're up there worried that He's fast asleep The wind's are so deadly The water's so deep But try to be patient 'Cause soon He'll bring peace Just one word from His voice and it all must cease Because you've prayed all night 'Cause you've held on with all of your might Child, your cries have awoken the Master Oh, He knows your voice Lift your hands, it's time to rejoice Child, your cries have awoken the Master Child, your cries have awoken the Master He hears your voice Personally, I think its not just heretical, but also blasphemous. I agree with the first stanza as that is in reference to Him sleeping while the storm was raging and they awoke Him. However, the rest of this "song" is saying that our cries (prayers) have awoken Him while He is sitting at the right hand of the Father. Now, where do I find someone accusing ppl's god of being asleep? It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.”[1 Kings 18:27] This song has been sung at church a few times and I don't know how much longer I can go and not address this. Would it be wrong for me to take my pastor to the side and address this issue? Am I correct in my assessment of this song? Any and all advice would be much appreciated and welcomed. |