Give It To The Lord

Every year I ask the Lord to give me songs for my quartet to sing and record. I ask that God would bless with songs that will carry a strong Biblical message as well as an ear appealing lyric. I also think of who might be singing the song in my group as I am writing to make sure that the song will fit the person I am writing it for. After our recordings are finished I begin to pray that God may be able to use these songs in another singing group such as The Dove Brothers.

When I began to write “Give It To the Lord” I was wanting to end up with a good song for my bass singer. I began thinking of all the problems we face as Christians and how we try to deal with these issues. I was sitting in church at Wednesday night bible study and my pastor was speaking on this topic when he made the statement that we just simply need to give it to the Lord. Naturally, I had my pen in hand and my song writing note book in my lap. I began to think of the fact that the very first time we “give it to the Lord” is when we get saved. We give our sin to the Lord because we trust that He can handle it and that He is able to forgive us. How much more can we trust Him with our day to day trials and problems?

The thoughts snow balled from there and after about fifteen to twenty minutes, the first draft was complete. I give God all the glory for these songs. I am excited to think that a high caliber group such as The Dove Brothers was moved enough by the song to record it. www.souldoutquartet.com

Matt Rankin