Balm in Gilead

30 – As the Deer: Review of “Waterfall” by Chris Tomlin and “Satisfied in You” by The Sing Team


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Psalm 30

Welcome to the Show

Your intrepid hosts start off by discussing our recent appearance on Presbycast and how much we loved it. We also get an update from Bryan’s church travels and find out what he makes of the OPC.

Song v. Song: Waterfall v. Satisfied in You
Waterfall

By Chris Tomlin

Verse 1
Oh God, my God I seek You
I wanna move when You move
You're more than I could long for
I thirst for You
Chorus
You're an ocean to my soul
To my soul
Your love is like a waterfall, waterfall
Running wild and free
You hear my heart when I call, when I call
Deep calls, too deep
Your love is like a waterfall, waterfall
Raining down on me
waterfall, waterfall
Verse 2
Oh God, my God I seek You
In this dry and desert land
You lead me to streams of mercy
Once again
Bridge
It's coming like a flood
I'm dancing in the rain
Everything I've done
Is covered in rivers of grace, amazing
More on this Song

Chris Tomlin – Waterfall (Story Behind the Song) 

Calvin on verse 7

Calvin on verse 8

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.  - Psalm 63:1
7 Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me. 
8 By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.  - Psalm 42:7-8
Satisfied in You 

By The Sing Team

[Verse 1]
I have lost my appetite
And a flood is welling up behind my eyes
So I eat the tears I cry
And if that were not enough
They know just the words to cut and tear and prod
When they ask me "Whereʼs your God?"
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Why are you downcast, oh my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
I can remember when you showed your face to me
[Chorus]
As a deer pants for water, so my soul thirsts for You
And when I behold Your glory, You so faithfully renew
Like a bed of rest for my fainting flesh
I am satisfied in You
[Verse 2]
When Iʼm staring at the ground
Itʼs an inbred feedback loop that brings me down
So itʼs time to lift my brow
And remember better days
When I loved to worship You and all Your ways
With the sweetest songs of praise
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Why are you downcast, oh my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
I can remember when you showed your grace to me
[Chorus]
As a deer pants for water, so my soul thirsts for You
And when I survey your splendor You so faithfully renew
Like a bed of rest for my fainting flesh
I am satisfied in You
[Bridge]
Let my sighs give way to songs that sing about Your faithfulness
Let my pain reveal Your glory as my only real rest
Let my losses show me all I truly have is You
'Cause all I truly have is You
[Verse 3]
So when Iʼm drowning out at sea
And Your breakers and Your waves crash down on me
Iʼll recall Your safety scheme
Youʼre the One who made the waves
And Your Son went out to suffer in my place
And to tell me that Iʼm safe
[Post-Bridge]
So why am I down?
Why so disturbed?
I am satisfied in You
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