Over the past few weeks I’ve been looking closely at the style of writing Paul and others use in the New Testament letters. The song this week relates to what I’ve seen in these letters, but is also a song that helped me redirect my focus when I needed it. It’s My Saviour My God by Aaron Shust from Anything Worth Saying (2005).

I am not skilled to understand,
What God has willed, what God has planned,
I only know at his right hand,
Stands one who is my Saviour,

I take him at His word and deed,
Christ died to save me: this I read,
And in my heart I find a need,
Of Him to be my Saviour,

That He would leave His place on high,
And come for sinful man to die,
You count it strange, so once did I,
Before I knew my Saviour…

My Saviour loves, my Saviour lives,
My Saviour’s always there for me,
My God He was, my God He is,
My God He’s always gonna be!

Yes, living, dying, let me bring,
My Strength, my solace from this spring,
That He who lives to be my King,
Once died to be my Saviour,

I now have a greater appreciation for how they wrote and the ideas they relate and articulate. One thing I noticed was the way they referenced God and Jesus. Not just one interchangeable title, but three separate identities that work together.

There are times when I have no idea what is going on in my life, but the first line, I am not skilled to understand, what God has willed, what God has planned, I only know at his right hand, stands one who is my Saviour. I may have no idea what God is doing, but I know I have hope and comfort in Jesus Christ my Saviour.

My Saviour My God – Aaron Shust