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Adler Worship Ministries: Music

If I Stand

(Michael Adler)
There’s more that rises in the morning
than the sun
And more that shines in the night than just
the moon

There’s more than just this fire here
That keeps me warm in a shelter
That is larger than this room

There’s a loyalty that’s deeper than mere
sentiment
A music higher than the songs that I can sing

The stuff of earth competes for allegiance
I owe only to the Giver of all good things

So if I stand
Let me stand on the promise
That You will pull me through
And if I can’t
Let me fall on the grace
That first brought me to You

And if I sing
Let me sing for the joy
That has borne in me these songs
And if I weep let it be as a man
Who is longing for his home

There’s more that dances on the prairies
than the wind
And more that pulses in the ocean than
the tide

There’s a love that is fiercer
Than the love between friends
More gentle than a mother’s
When her baby’s at her side

There’s a loyalty that’s deeper than
mere sentiment
A music higher than the songs that I can sing

The stuff of earth competes for allegiance
I owe only to the Giver of all good things

(Written by Rich Mullins / Steve Cudworth)