This week's featured song is a new one from well-known worship leader and songwriter, Matt Redman. It's called "You Alone Can Rescue," and it comes from Redman's new album We Shall Not Be Shaken. About the album, Redman says:
"This album praises God's steadiness. We're being reminded how shakable earthly things are: job losses, home foreclosures. When we traveled to Korea, there were high profile suicides due to the failing marketplace. So it feels appropriate now to address the economy in a worship song. Nothing in the Psalms was ever detached from its era. We Shall Not Be Shaken is intentionally Psalm-like, using simple poetic lyrics to express unbreakable truth in an age of utter brokenness."
The song "You Alone Can Rescue" is a simple song of salvation, and a great example of this Psalm-likeness. Verse 1 asks a question, "Who, O Lord, could save themselves, their own soul could heal?" and the chorus then answers, "You alone can rescue, You alone can save."
Simple and true. Comforting and God-exalting.
You can hear the song in the youtube video below (or click here if your email/reader doesn't display the video). This song/album can be also purchased at Amazon or iTunes.
You Alone Can Rescue
By Matt Redman
Who, O Lord, could save themselves,
Their own soul could heal?
Our shame was deeper than the sea
Your grace is deeper still
You alone can rescue, You alone can save
You alone can lift us from the grave
You came down to find us, led us out of death
To You alone belongs the highest praise
You, O Lord, have made a way
The great divide You heal
For when our hearts were far away
Your love went further still
Yes, your love goes further still
You alone can rescue, You alone can save
You alone can lift us from the grave
You came down to find us, led us out of death
To You alone belongs the highest praise
We lift up our eyes, lift up our eyes
You’re the Giver of Life
You alone can rescue, You alone can save
You alone can lift us from the grave
You came down to find us, led us out of death
To You alone belongs the highest praise
