THE DESERT
This was written at a time when we lived in a literal desert in Israel and I could feel all the things expressed, within my soul, because we were also in a desert in our spiritual lives, a desert through which all pilgrims on the journey to the city of God must pass.
This writing was also prophetic of events that would shortly come to pass as we spoke the Word of God to Paul, whom the Lord had given us to be our friend. As a matter of coincidental fact, the day of this introductory writing (Oct. 9) is, I believe, the very anniversary almost to the hour, of Paul forsaking his wife in obedience to the Lord, to walk in the Way of Life.
Lyrics by Victor N. Hafichuk
Music by John Capek
This desert is dry and parched
And I’m consumed with thirst
Have I put the horse before the cart
Am I saved or cursed?
Can I escape this burning sun
Or the circling birds of prey
Are there things I should have done
Or should I wait… for that blessed day…
CHORUS
When the One I know will surely come
Who has promised to set me free
There’s no turning back, nowhere to run
With Him my eyes will see
I will follow wherever He leads
That’s what I believe.
The harder come the trials
With storms along the way
I’ve trodden many miles
In search of gentle shade.
There’s no comfort for my burning soul
Mirage or reality?
One day I know this trial will go
To the place where He will be…
CHORUS
Where the One I know will surely come
Who has promised to set me free
There’s no turning back, nowhere to run
With Him my eyes will see
I will follow wherever He leads
That’s what I believe.
BRIDGE
Jagged treacherous rocks
And circling birds of prey
Won’t ever turn His faith around
With Him I’ll arrive to stay.
The harder come the trials
And through this burnt mirage
I long to see what’s real
Not Satan’s sabotage.
CHORUS
When the One I know will surely come
Who has promised to set me free
There’s no turning back, nowhere to run
With Him my eyes will see
I will follow wherever He leads
That’s what I believe.
I will follow wherever He leads
That’s what I believe.