Music Monday

Today’s Music Monday features what I believe to be one of the best, new praise songs of the year. The lyrics are biblical and God-centered, creating a clear image about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ… and hopefully, it could become a long-standing statement of what it means to shine for Christ in a dark and broken world.

It was first released on Matt Redman’s latest studio-recorded CD, Beautiful News, and the live version here is from Passion07. Here is the song, Shine.

Lyrics here:

Verse:
Lord we have seen the rising sun,
awakening the early dawn,
and we’re rising up to give You praise

Lord we have seen the stars and moon
see how they shine, they shine for You
And You’re calling us to do the same

PreChorus:
So we rise up with a song
and we rise up with a cry,
and we’re giving You our lives

CHORUS:
We will shine like the stars in the universe
Holding out Your truth in the darkest place
We’ll be living for Your glory
Jesus we’ll be living for Your glory

We will burn so bright with Your praise, Oh God
and declare Your light to this broken world
We’ll be living for Your glory
Jesus we’ll be living for Your glory

PreChorus 2:
Like the sun so radiantly
sending light for all to see
Let Your Holy church arise
exploding into life
like a supernova’s light
Set Your Holy church on fire (repeat)
We will shine
We will shine (back to chorus)

Coda:
So we rise up with a song
and we rise up with a cry,
and we’re giving You our lives
Jesus we will shine