The Word Is Alive

VERSE 1:
Looking out from His throne
The Father of light and of men
Chose to make Himself known 
And show us the way back to Him

Speaking wisdom and truth 
Into the hearts of peasants and kings
He began to unveil 
The Word that would change the course of all things
     
With eyes wide open, all would see

CHORUS:
The Word is alive
And it cuts like a sword through the darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and afraid
Breathing life into all who believe

The Word is alive
And the world and its glories will fade
But His truth, it will not pass away
It remains yesterday and forever the same
The Word is alive

VERSE 2:
Simple strokes on a page 
Eternity’s secrets revealed
Carried on from age to age
It speaks truth to us even still

And as the rain falls from Heaven
Feeds the earth before it returns

Lord, let Your Word fall on us 
And bring forth the fruit You deserve

With eyes wide open, let us see

The Bible was inscribed over a period of two thousand years
In times of war and in days of peace
By kings, physicians, tax collectors, farmers
Fisherman, singers, and shepherds

The marvel is that a library so perfectly cohesive
Could have been produced by such a diverse crowd
Over a period of time which staggers the imagination
Jesus is it’s grand subject, our good its design
And the glory of God is its end

CCLI#: 5077377– The Word Is Alive
Mark Hall, Steven Curtis Chapman
2007 My Refuge Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing)
CCLI License No. 648502