When God Ran by Phillips, Craig and Dean from Restoration

This year, I've decided to take voice lessons from a professional voice teacher and one of her assignments to me is this song. When we we're rehearsing this song, I was dubious of myself. I was thinking if I could really sing out this song as the song requires a big vocal range due to the low notes at the beginning and high notes in the chorus. I didn't really focus on the lyrics till I got home and reviewed the song.

The song is about the story of the prodigal son based on Luke 15:11-32. (I actually wrote a devotional based on the same passage which I will post next time.) But more than the focus on the son, the song focused on the father (God) and how he received his returning son (us) with anticipation, excitement and open arms.

Did you know that it was not customary for men to run in those days? But here is a father, not minding the customs, not minding the eyes of his peers, who is eagerly waiting for his son and ran when he saw his son from afar. This is true love.

Here are the lyrics:

Verse 1

Almighty God, the Great I AM,

Immovabe Rock, Omnipotent, Powerful, Awesome Lord,

Victorious Warrior, Commanding King of Kings,

Mighty Conqueror, and the only time,

The only time I ever saw Him run

Chrous

Was when He ran to me, He took me in His arms,

Held my head to His chest, said "My son's come home again",

Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes

With forgiveness in His voice, He said,

"Son, do you know I still love you?"

He caught me by surprise when God ran.

Verse 2

The day I left home, I knew I'd broken His heart

And I wondered then if things could ever be the same

Then one night, I remembered His love for me.

And down the dusty road, ahead I could see

It was the only time - it was the only time I ever saw Him run.

Chorus

Was when He ran to me, He took me in His arms,

Held my head to His chest, said "My son's come home again",

Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes

With forgiveness in His voice, He said,

"Son, do you know I still love you?"

He caught me by surprise as He brought me to my knees

When God ran - I saw Him run to me

Bridge

I was so ashamed, all alone and so far away.

But now I know He's been waiting for this day.

Chorus

Was when He ran to me, He took me in His arms,

Held my head to His chest, said "My son's come home again",

Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes

With forgiveness in His voice, I felt His love for me again

He ran to me, He took me in His arms,

Held my head to His chest, said "My son's come home again",

Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes

With forgiveness in His voice, He said, "Son", He called me Son

He said, "Son do you know I still love you?"

He ran to me and then I ran to Him

When God ran

Here's the mp3 version:

Here's the Youtube version:

I hope this reminds you to also forgive others.