‘Your Word’ — updated arrangement from Emu Music

Posted on January 30, 2025 
Filed under Encouragement, Resources

First published in 2017, “Your Word”, a beautiful song about Scripture, has just been re-released in a new arrangement for Emu Music’s 25th anniversary.

In an e-mail to supporters, they explain what the song is about –

“Your Word was written to fill the gap in congregational music of songs about the Bible, not just from the Bible.

So what does the Bible say about itself? We opened up the Psalms and spent time reading and reflecting on Psalms 19 and 119. We hoped to capture David’s delight in and dependence on God’s law, particularly in the passages quoted below.*

The chorus centres on the well-known verse from Psalm 119: ‘Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path’.

The bridge of the song took a different direction as we began to explore the implications of a perfect, powerful, timeless, enduring word for us today.

As the Bible comes under attack in our society, we want to affirm that it’s not just ink on paper or old stories, but that it is life-giving, powerful, and the greatest love story ever told. Ultimately, God’s word is not only the creating Word (his breath into dust creating man) but the Creator Word (Jesus!).

We hope and pray that this song helps you and your churches to delight in God’s word, but more than that, to love and obey the one to whom it testifies. For a Sunday service, we think it works really well as a pre-Bible reading song!”

* The Bible passages mentioned are –
Psalm 19:7-11, Psalm 119:89-92, John 1:1-3, 14.

Watch a recording of Your Word here.

Audio tracks and sheet music are available to purchase from their website.

A song which could be a real blessing to your church!