Rich Mullins, "If I Stand"

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

In life the things of this world can capture our passions. A sunrise, a dancing fire, loyalties, music, relationships, and so on, are all such good things, but if our hope is invested in them, what happens on a cloudy day, or when the music stops? It is because of this question that I believe Rich Mullins wrote "If I Stand." I will just print the lyrics to the chorus, and let you look up the biblical references Rich included with the full lyrics in the album jacket.

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