rock-of-my-salvation This song is based on The Nature of God as savior and redeemer, and what our natural response can and should be. It starts with a call to rejoice, to worship and to bow down to God, based on Ps 95 (The Message).
The song intends to remind us why He deserves such adoration, to remember that Jesus showed his love for us by giving his life so that we can live, so that our sins can be forgiven through Jesus sacrifice at the cross.
Then it focuses our attention in some of God’s attributes: God as a solid rock, as savior, as creator, as redeemer; showing that his love and mercy were freely given by God, even when he knew that we didn’t and don’t deserve them. So our response is one of surrender, one of giving our hearts and lives back to him, understanding that this is the way we should respond to God’s love, by giving ourselves back to him.
When our response is that of surrender, we become fully alive, we recognize the meaning of Jesus’ work at the cross. The song talks about the dimension of God’s love as described in Ef 3:18 (NIV) and then goes back to the chorus where we talk again about God’s nature as savior and redeemer, with a phrase from Ps 103:3-5 (The Message)
As we become more aware of the reality of worship leaders as theologians, I believe we should focus our attention in communicating who God really is, to show the truth about God in creative ways. Been crowned with love and mercy, even when we don’t deserve it is a powerful message, one that I believe we should present more often.
